Waste management
Throughout 2023/24 we have continued to work closely with all of our waste contractors in all four of our licence areas to ensure that wherever possible waste streams have been diverted from landfill, and that the principles of the waste hierarchy have been applied throughout the business.
During 2023/24, the first year of RIIO-ED2, we have worked very closely with our waste contractors in the South West to improve our waste landfill diversion rates across the region. As a result, our diversion in the South West has increased from 76.4% in our baseline year (2019/20) to 88.4% in 2023/24.
The tonnage of waste produced annually varies dependent on the amount of work being carried out and we therefore calculate improvements by calculating tonnage of waste as a proportion of annual turnover.
Whilst we are taking positive steps to reduce the amount of waste that we send to landfill we are producing greater amounts of waste in comparison to our baseline year of 19/20. We are focussed on reducing all of our waste streams, including the overall tonnage of waste as a proportion of turnover, achieving our ED2 target, despite current challenges.