Submission Documents: By Councillor Jon Molyneux:- "Council recognises the centrality of young voices to the global climate movement and welcomes the engagement Glasgow's schoolchildren have had in the run up to COP26. Council believes it is important to have an educational legacy from the city's hosting of COP26, and that this should be a high priority. In particular, Council notes the terms of a motion recently agreed by Glasgow members of the EIS trade union, which calls on the Council to bring forward proposals for: - a ban on the sale of plastic water bottles and eradication of other single use plastics; - a city-wide pen recycling scheme; - city-wide options for re-use and/or leasing of school uniforms; - replacing school heating systems with heat pumps or other low carbon heating options; - introducing designated bays with electric car charge points in school car parks; and - financial incentives for those who cycle or run or walk to school. Council also believes action should be taken to reduce the environmental footprint of school meals, including supporting local food and reducing food waste, to improve school recycling capacity, and to consider investment requirements for low carbon retrofitting of the education estate. Council resolves to ask the Executive Director to bring an update on how such proposals can be implemented to a meeting of the Education, Skills and Early Years City Policy Committee in its next meeting cycle." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Jon Molyneux:- "Council recognises the centrality of young voices to the global climate movement and welcomes the engagement Glasgow's schoolchildren have had in the run up to COP26. Council believes it is important to have an educational legacy from the city's hosting of COP26, and that this should be a high priority. In particular, Council notes the terms of a motion recently agreed by Glasgow members of the EIS trade union, which calls on the Council to bring forward proposals for: - a ban on the sale of plastic water bottles and eradication of other single use plastics; - a city-wide pen recycling scheme; - city-wide options for re-use and/or leasing of school uniforms; - replacing school heating systems with heat pumps or other low carbon heating options; - introducing designated bays with electric car charge points in school car parks; and - financial incentives for those who cycle or run or walk to school. Council also believes action should be taken to reduce the environmental footprint of school meals, including supporting local food and reducing food waste, to improve school recycling capacity, and to consider investment requirements for low carbon retrofitting of the education estate. Council resolves to ask the Executive Director to bring an update on how such proposals can be implemented to a meeting of the Education, Skills and Early Years City Policy Committee in its next meeting cycle.".

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Item Minute - 09 December 2021 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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