BTN posed a question to the 28th February sitting of Basingstoke Council:
how the Council will deliver its commitments on climate change without funding for a full-time equivalent Climate Change Officer? The post was until recently held by two job-sharers, but one has left and not been replaced. Full text of our query is here.
Councillor Hayley Eachus, portfolio holder for the environment, responded saying that climate change was embedded in the roles of many council officers, and that on our specific point about recycling, the waste disposal contractor had been working with the Council to increase recycling rates. We used the right of reply to ask specifically about Manydown, to which she responded in the same vein, that it was embedded in the Council’s interactions with the contractor.