If you’re a local government official wanting to know more about making your community a more sustainable one, check out the resources available on the EPA’s website for the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. This partnership is a collaborative effort between the EPA and the Departments for Housing and Transportation and its goal is to help communities of all sizes improve transportation choices, affordable green housing, and sustainable growth.
One of the benefits is access to information about greenhouse gasses and strategies for how municipalities can reduce emissions. All communities can benefit greatly in economic, environmental, and health areas when appropriately addressing greenhouse gasses as reducing emissions is an important part of all aspects of local government including energy usage, transportation, community planning, and waste management.
The resources are designed with government policy makers, such as mayors, council members, city planners, planning organizations, and private and nonprofit partners, in mind and they can assist each group with information to help them determine which sustainable strategies will be most effective for their communities. Information includes topics on benefits, planning, involving stakeholders, considerations for policy, costs and opportunities, and examples.
WasteCare Wants You to Remember: Be a leader in your community by enhancing and improving your sustainable practices. You’ll make a better place to live for your family and all those who live and work there as well.