Bath Council Reducing Carbon Footprint

It's nice to see local governments doing their bit to lead the way in reducing carbon footprints. Bath and North East Somerset Council has joined a programme aimed at reducing the impact of local authorities on the environment.


The council will be looking at its street lighting service, vehicle fleet and the use of electricity in its buildings. With a staff of 6,000 they hope to get everyone on board and the council has already signed up to the Carbon Trust's Local Authority Carbon Management Programme.


Hopefully, there will be a little more imaginative thinking involved and they come up with some ideas that will truly reduce great chunks of carbon emissions - the means mentioned above are nothing more than a reasonable beginning. Perhaps Bath council might like to look at what some other organizations are doing to get an idea of what is actually possible.

Take the case of InterFLOR Australia, for example, now THAT's how you reduce your carbon footprint.