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2017 - Cities Local Government Operations Emissions Reduction Activities
| Row number | Account number | Organization | City | Country | Region | C40 | Access | Reporting Year | Emissions reduction activity | Sector | Anticipated emissions reduction – cumulative over the lifetime of the action (metric tonnes CO2e) | Action description | City Location | Country Location |
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| 751 | 53254 | Hobart City Council | Hobart | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | Public | 2017 | Transportation demand management | Private Transport | 800 | Changes to litter bin serving arrangement to reduce distance travelled by collection vehicles and allowed a reduction in the number of trucks | (-42.890054°, 147.281446°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 752 | 53254 | Hobart City Council | Hobart | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | Public | 2017 | Transportation demand management | Private Transport | 30 | Fleet – ongoing replacementof fleet with more fuel efficientvehicles | (-42.890054°, 147.281446°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 753 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Awareness and education for non motorized transport | Private Transport | Partner in the EU-project – e-mobility (NSR), a lot of information and demonstration activities as well as online activities e.g. www.elbiler.nu The municipality has switched more than 50 % of the personal car fleet from fossil fuels to electricity cars. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 754 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Building codes and standards | Buildings | A lot of retrofitting projects in community building, one family homes and dwellings in the period from 2010 -ongoing. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 755 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Compact cities | Community-Scale Development | Compact of Mayor compliant in Feb. 2016. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 756 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Over 100 one-family houses has been part of the EU-ECO Life project with deep renovation and an ongoing monitoring (20-50 % energy savings). | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 757 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | Private Transport | Better standards for fuel economy in EU as well as Denmark. Gas stations for heavy traffic, electricity cars in the municipality fleet. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 758 | 31171 | Ayuntamiento de Madrid | Madrid | Spain | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Water recycling and reclamation | Water | (40.1076253°, -3.3875673°) | (40.463667°, -3.74922°) | ||
| 759 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | Private Transport | Better bicycle paths as well as biking parking. A lot focus on walking and biking paths. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 760 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Outdoor Lighting | Street lights has been switched, about 60 % energy savings (ongoing). | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 761 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Low or zero carbon energy supply generation | Energy Supply | Switching from oil or gas heating to district heating or heat pumps. The renewable has increased a lot during the last 5 years in the electricity as well as district heating supply. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 762 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | A windmill and about 6-8 MW solar cells has been installed since 2010 as well as solar heating in the district heating system. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 763 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | Several companies collect the bio waste to be used for biogas production. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 764 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Smart lighting | Outdoor Lighting | A lot of retrofitting projects in community building, one family homes and dwellings in the period from 2010 -ongoing. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 765 | 58489 | Hoeje-Taastrup Kommune | Hoeje-Taastrup | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Switching to low-carbon fuels | Buildings | Biogas station has been established in 2016 for heavy vehicles cars.Electrical vehicles for passenger transport and light freight transport. | (55.656328°, 12.2898°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 766 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Awareness and education for non motorized transport | Private Transport | Added a train to trolley shuttle to help encourage use of transit and connect the regional rail to our beach and downtown shuttle service. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 767 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Building codes and standards | Buildings | Adopted green building codes. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 768 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Compact cities | Community-Scale Development | Rezoning of areas downtown to encourage mixed use and transit oriented development. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 769 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Green standards are used in the City's housing rehabilitation program and PACE financing is available to residents. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 770 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | Private Transport | Installation of publically available Electric Vehicle chargers | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 771 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Outdoor Lighting | Street light conversions to LED | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 772 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | Hollywood Green Sweep added solar panels to three City buildings, including City Hall, and conducted energy audits and efficiency upgrades. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 773 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | Instituting single stream and the Recyclebank program has increased recycling rates. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 774 | 54082 | City of Hollywood | Hollywood | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Water recycling and reclamation | Water | We use as much water reclamation as possible given the salinity content and demand for reuse water. | (26.0112°, -80.1495°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 775 | 31169 | Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | East Asia | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Launched a set of carbon audit guidelines for buildings in 2008. Users and managers of buildings can use the guidelines to assess the carbon emissions from their buildings, to explore room for improvement and to develop emission reduction measures so that their buildings can achieve a smaller carbon footprint with less operating expenses through improving energy efficiency and waste reduction. The Government has also been taking the lead to conduct carbon audits for government buildings and public facilities. | (22.2880809°, 114.1398015°) | (22.396428°, 114.109497°) | |
| 776 | 31169 | Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | East Asia | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | For existing government buildings, we will conduct audit and benchmark; and rationalise existing carbon audits, energy audits and energy-cum-carbon audits. | (22.2880809°, 114.1398015°) | (22.396428°, 114.109497°) | |
| 777 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Eco-district development strategy | Community-Scale Development | Houston-based Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) has provided reliable, cost-effective and energy-efficient cooling and heating to institutions in the Texas Medical Center since 1969. TECO uses district energy and CHP technology to produce chilled water and steam, which we pipe underground to more than 19 million square feet of customer buildings at 18 institutions. With a solid track record of performance, TECO is well-positioned to provide the energy behind what’s next for the buildings and pace-setting services and research at the world-renown Texas Medical Center..http://tecothermalenergy.com/about-teco/ | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 778 | 31169 | Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | East Asia | C40 | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Launched a comprehensive target-based Green Performance Framework since April 2009 for Government buildings to promote environmental protection and energy conservation. The Government has reviewed the green performance targets with a view to further promoting green building in Hong Kong. It updated the joint circular in 2015 to enhance the environmental performance framework of new and existing government buildings. Bureaux/departments have been advised to strengthen energy saving efforts such as appointing green managers/wardens and adopting green housekeeping measures. All new government buildings should aim to outperform the Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services Installation (the “Building Energy Code” or “BEC”) by 3% to 10%.The Government has also been leading by example in implementing energy saving programmes within Government departments. The Government has taken the lead to set specific electricity reduction targets for Government buildings since 2003. We have already achieved an energy saving of over 15% over the past decade. On top of this, the Government has set the target of 5% saving in the electricity consumption of government buildings from 2015/16 to 2019/20 under comparable operating conditions in 2013/14. To achieve this target, a series of measures have been introduced, including the conduct of energy audits for about 350 major government buildings with comparatively high annual electricity consumption to identify energy management opportunities. At least HK$500 million has been earmarked to gradually implement electricity saving projects identified in the energy audits in the next five years starting in Financial Year 2017/18. A steering committee was set up in January 2013 to strengthen the co-ordination among government departments in promoting green building. | (22.2880809°, 114.1398015°) | (22.396428°, 114.109497°) | |
| 779 | 31169 | Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | East Asia | C40 | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | For existing government buildings, we will update existing commitment to retrofi t energy-related systems to reduce energy consumption. | (22.2880809°, 114.1398015°) | (22.396428°, 114.109497°) | |
| 780 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Brownfield redevelopment programs | Community-Scale Development | The Houston Brownfield Program seeks to help redevelop and revitalize properties that are abandoned or underutilized due to real or perceived contamination. Brownfield Properties can include sites such as old gas stations and auto body shops, abandoned industrial facilities, and many more.http://www.houstontx.gov/brownfields/ | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 781 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Through performance contracting, a total of 6 million square feet of city facilities are expected to achieve guaranteed energy use reductions of 30%, saving over 22 million kWh of electricity every year, with paybacks of, on average, less than ten years. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 782 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | The City of Houston has voluntary benchmarking programs, like the Houston Green Office Challenge and the DOE's Better Buildings Challenge, where commercial buildings can opt into disclosing their energy ratings to the City. The City is exploring energy efficiency policies for commercial buildings. The City is currently working on benchmarking over 300 City buildings in hopes of achieving Energy Star certification on as many as possible. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 783 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | The City has a Green Building Resolution, which sets a target of LEED-Silver certification for new construction, replacement facilities and major renovations of city of Houston-owned buildings and facilities with more than 10,000 square feet of occupied space.The City of Houston has 27 LEED Certified projects with 4 projects under review or in the pipeline. The City also received ENERGY STAR Certification for its police headquarters in 2015. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 784 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | The City of Houston constantly strives to keep solar at the forefront of its sustainability vision, striking a balance between increasing market growth and decreasing regulatory barriers. With existing installations at the George R. Brown Convention Center, City Hall Annex, Discovery Green, and most recently, the Houston Permitting Center, the City is a test bed for solar technologies. The Green Building Resource Center provides leadership and education and shows real-time energy production of its rooftop solar panels. The center provides valuable resources to better inform the public when they are ready for solar, and citizens are able to learn what system works best in Houston's climate and location. The City has expanded its initial investment of 30 MW of solar power by 20 MW to add to the City's renewable energy mix. This commitment further solidifies the City's Status as Nation's Top Municipal Green Power Purchaser and expands the 20-year solar power purchase agreement the City entered into in 2015 and will supply 10.5% of the City's electricity needs with solar power. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 785 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Over 2.2 million smart meters have been installed across Houston, allowing consumers to see their yearly, monthly or daily electricity use down to 15-minute increments at SmartMeterTexas.com, get near-real time usage or bill forecasts on an In-Home Display energy monitor, and benefit from new retail electric products and services such as pre-paid service, time-of-use rates, and energy analysis tools. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 786 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | With the assistance of the EECBG funding the City is able to implement a high-tech energy management solution at City Hall, the City Hall Annex and the City Administration Building. The Smarte Building system will measure and analyze real-time energy consumption throughout each of the buildings. The system is designed to measure energy use for specific equipment and in many cases at an individual user level. The system will allow plant managers to tune their building automation system, as well as allow individual building occupants to more energy efficiently use their computers, peripherals and other office equipment. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 787 | 54390 | Hsinchu County Government | Hsinchu County | Taiwan | East Asia | Public | 2017 | Transportation demand management | Private Transport | Promoting employees carpooling. | (24.8269°, 121.0129°) | (23.69781°, 120.960515°) | ||
| 788 | 43975 | Municipalidad de Magdalena del Mar | Magdalena del Mar | Peru | Latin America | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Use of more efficient technologies . | (-12.091653°, -77.06705°) | (-9.19°, -75.0152°) | ||
| 789 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Encourage sustainable food production and consumption | Food and Agriculture | At the City Hall Farmers Market, the public can enjoy a variety of locally prepared ready-to-eat or packaged to-go foods, pick up farm-fresh weekly groceries and at the same time support sustainable food, all amidst Houston’s dramatic downtown urban setting every Wednesday during the spring and fall season. The City Hall Farmers Market features more than 30 vendors (located along both sides of City Hall’s reflection pool), including local fresh produce grown by local farmers, cheeses, breads, roasted coffees, and a variety of prepared meals, as well as food trucks. http://www.greenhoustontx.gov/farmersmarket.htmlGo Healthy HoustonGo Healthy Houston is improving the health of all Houstonians by increasing access to healthy foods, physical activity, and tobacco-free places. The initiative was launched by Mayor Annise Parker in 2012 and is led by a coalition of public and private partners.http://www.gohealthyhouston.org/ | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 790 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Encourage sustainable food production and consumption | Food and Agriculture | The City launched an initiative to provide incentives to grocery store developers to build stores in food deserts. A new Pyburns grocery store, the first grocer to utilize the incentives, opened their new store in South Union.http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/20140630.html | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 791 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Encourage sustainable food production and consumption | Food and Agriculture | The City created the Go Healthy Houston Initiative, which reviews and implements sustainable food policies for Houston to create work, school, and neighborhood environments conducive to healthier eating and increased physical activity among residents. This initiative is improving the health of all Houstonians by increasing access to healthy foods, physical activity, and tobacco-free places and is led by a coalition of public and private partners. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 792 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Encourage sustainable food production and consumption | Food and Agriculture | The City also launched Urban Grows. The City now provides the use of City land for neighborhood allotment gardens. The first allotment garden using this new model was built in the Sunnyside neighborhood. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 793 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Schneider Electric's Resource Advisor is being used to track usage a number of facilites that are part of energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs). There are 21 facilities in the platform and 3 three fire stations that will be added. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 794 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | Community-Scale Development | The SPARK School Program works with schools and neighborhoods to develop community parks on public school grounds. In the past 30 years, SPARK has built over 200+ community parks throughout the Houston/Harris County area. Each park is unique, with its design based on ideas and needs of the school and surrounding neighborhoods. While all of the parks are different, a typical park consists of modular playground equipment, a walking trail, benches, picnic tables, trees, an outdoor classroom, and a public art component.http://www.sparkpark.org/ | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 795 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | Private Transport | The City has the 4th largest municipal hybrid fleet in the nation. Approximately 50 percent of the City's nonspecialty, light-duty fleet have been replaced with hybrid vehicles. The City of Houston is replacing older, high mileage equipment in order to reduce current and future maintenance costs, increase vehicle reliability, and decrease emissions. Also, the City's Solid Waste Management Department has 10 hybrid trucks in its fleet and one CNG, and the Public Works and Engineering Department has three light-duty propane trucks and eight mowers. The City is also moving forward with installing telematic systems in vehicles that will result in more efficient vehicles and route optimization. Additionally, the City adopted an anti-idling policy for municipal vehicles. Section 7.2.29 of the Administrative Procedure for Motor Vehicle Assignment and Use states: "No employee shall cause or allow an engine of a City vehicle that is within his or her custody or control to idle for more than five consecutive minutes in a one-hour period when the City vehicle is not in motion or when the other engine is not being used for its primary function. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 796 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | Private Transport | Houston B-cycle is a "bike sharing" program that works as an additional transportation alternative for people living and visiting Houston. At its core, a public bike sharing system is intended to be used for short trips in and around downtown Houston and surrounding urban areas. There are currently 29 stations and 225 bikes in operation. Since the launch over, there have been over 165,000 checkouts and over 784,000 miles ridden. The Houston Bike Plan will help make Houston a safer, healthier, more bike-friendly city. The Plan will clarify a vision and goals for biking in Houston and identify future projects to create a citywide bicycle network. This improved citywide network will serve a broader spectrum of people who bike at all skill levels, providing more transportation choices, with both on-street and off-street facilities and building on current efforts to create a well-connected citywide bicycle system. The Plan will identify supporting programs like motorist and bicyclist safety education, expansion of end of trip facilities like bike racks and bike share, and improved integration with transit.(http://houstonbikeplan.org/) | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 797 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Outdoor Lighting | In May 2014, it was announced that CenterPoint Energy, in partnership with the City of Houston, will convert approximately 165,000 streetlights from high pressure sodium, mercury vapor and metal halide to light-emitting diode (LED) technology. This replacement project, the largest in the nation, will reduce the City’s streetlight energy usage by approximately 50 percent, reduce the City’s municipal greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by five percent and save the City over $28 million over the life of the project.http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/20140530.html | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 798 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Low or zero carbon energy supply generation | Energy Supply | The City of Houston has signed an agreement with Reliant Energy, an NRG Energy company, to purchase over 140 MW of renewable power for the next two years. From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, the City’s purchase of green power will account for half of its annual electricity demand. The City will be using almost 623,000 mWh of green power per year, which is equivalent to the amount of kilowatt-hours needed to power over 55,000 homes each year. The City is the top municipal purchaser of green power.(http://www.greenhoustontx.gov/pressrelease20130620.html)In December 2015, the City announced that it would increase the purchase of green power to account for over 75% of its electricity needs. The City’s commitment to green power is setting an example for homeowners and businesses in Houston.In November 2015, the City approved to move forward on a 30 MW solar power purchase agreement. Due to the cost of solar energy dropping significantly over the past few years, the City embarked on a process to identify a solar energy provider for its municipal operations to diversify the City’s energy portfolio and secure low cost energy and long term price stability. Additional economic benefits to the City include:-Minimize exposure to natural gas price -fluctuations-Realize budget certainty and energy price stability with a guaranteed electricity rate-Long term savings | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 799 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | Residents may dispose of their Tree Waste and Junk Waste at their curbside. Tree Waste is collected during ODD numbered months and Junk Waste is collected during EVEN numbered months. This method of collecting large waste comes with the benefits of diverting materials that can be recycled from landfills, saving landfill space and valuable tax dollars. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 800 | 31108 | City of Houston | Houston | USA | North America | C40 | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | In February 2015, Mayor Annise Parker personally delivered 96-gal recycling carts to residents in the Southeast community of Pecan Park, fulfilling the goal of city-wide automated curbside recycling for all residents with City of Houston solid waste collection. Council Member Robert Gallegos and City officials were also on hand to celebrate the final expansion and success of the Automated Recycling Program (ARP).In addition to the Automated Recycling Program, Mayor Parker implemented several other recycling initiatives during her terms in office including opening two new Neighborhood Depository & Recycling Centers, opening the Reuse Warehouse which diverts building material from the landfill, implementing the Business Recycling Program, implementing the Compostable Bag Program, installing Big Belly Solar Compactors and building partnerships with the private sector, such as Living Earth to recycle yard and tree waste, Cherry Companies to recycle concrete, the Houston Furniture Bank to recycle mattresses, CompuCycle to recycle electronics, the Carton Council to recycle shelf-stable & refrigerated cartons and American Textile Recycling Services to recycle textiles, clothes and shoes.http://houstontx.gov/solidwaste/press/mayor-annise-parker-delivers-promise-goal-met-city-wide-automated-curbside-recycling | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
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