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Look at what we have achieved together

We are proud of the progress we have already made and with your help we can achieve even more

environment and climate

Bexley has been the best London Borough for recycling for 17 years in succession with a 50% recycling rate. This means that no municipal waste is sent to landfill.

Waste is either sent directly to Cory Riverside’s Belvedere Energy from the Waste plant or to the Council’s Thames Road waste transfer station.

Recycling bin
  • The council has upgraded its vehicle fleet which is now quieter and more energy efficient than previous vehicles.
  • Bexley has planted 13,500 trees on the borough's highways.
  • Council staff have moved from four older and less efficient buildings into the current Civic Office. Flexible working for staff has also been introduced, reducing car travel to work.
  • In 2018/19, there were no reported times that the national air quality objectives were exceeded at Bexley's Air Quality Monitoring sites for fine particles (PM10) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2).
  • 19,000 streetlights in Bexley were upgraded to energy efficient LEDs between September 2016 and March 2018.

Bexley's Highways Street Lighting Annual CO2 Consumption

  • 2015/16 - £4077
  • 2016/17 - £3450
  • 2017/18 - £1836
  • 2018/19 - £1004
  • 2019/20 - £917
  • 2020/21 - £822
  • 2021/22 - £661

The upgrade of our street lighting has achieved a staggering

84%

reduction in CO2 emissions from 2015 to 2022

Bexley's Highways Street Lighting Annual Total Costs

  • 2015/16 - £936,604
  • 2016/17 - £898,428
  • 2017/18 - £577,500
  • 2018/19 - £443,247
  • 2019/20 - £510,832
  • 2020/21 - £519,566
  • 2021/22 - £494,352

We have reduced costs by

47.2%

Cost savings have been achieved despite some price increases being introduced during this period. The costs also include further savings achieved through the new 'in use' monitoring system and a change to non-illuminated signs and bollards (where it is permitted and safe to do so).