Devon County Council is committed to minimising its carbon footprint.  As part of this some of the initiatives running include:

• A 2% year on year energy reduction programme
• Audio conferencing equipment to reduce the need to travel to meetings for business purposes
• A non-car day each week for staff at County Hall
• Recycling facilities are being rolled out across all sites
• All staff have a green target set in their annual appraisals
• Staff are encouraged to make a pledge to help make Devon greener
• Printing is only done on recycled paper

Devon County Council is working to the following targets as part of its Waste@Work scheme:

• To reduce the amount of waste produced on County Council premises by at least 10% by 2008.
• To recycle 60% of County Council waste by 2008.
• To introduce a high profile centralised colour coded recycling system in all premises, enabling staff and visitors to recycle easily.
• To actively promote and increase the level of reuse by County Council staff.
• To actively promote the purchasing of recycled products such as recycled paper, in all departments.

Read the Strategy and implementation Plan for Devon County Council's Carbon Management Programme (453KB - pdf help)