Reduce your carbon footprint | City Of Wolverhampton Council

Every person, home, business and visitor adds to the carbon emissions of the City. So everyone has a responsibility to help reduce carbon emissions. There are many easy ways you can help.

You can calculate your own carbon footprint here.

Calculate my Carbon footprint

What you can do to reduce your carbon footprint

We are all responsible for reducing carbon, even in small but meaningful ways. Each of us can make small changes that amount to big outcomes by thinking about:

the way we use energy
the way we travel
the things we buy
the things we throw away

An example of a small thing you can do it

switching off lights when leaving a room
turning electrical items off rather than to standby

by doing both of these, each year you could save:

£44 per household
244-kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy
61 kg of Carbon Dioxide

multiplied across all 110,000 homes in the city that would equal:

Savings of £4.8 million across the city
27 million kWh of energy saved
6100 tonnes of CO2 (equal to taking 3,600 cars off the City's roads for a whole year)

Find out how to reduce your carbon footprint and save money by looking at our Climate Emergency Toolkit. You can find this in the Downloads section.

You can make a pledge as an individual, a household or a business. Pick some actions to take and commit yourself to change your behaviours. and help contribute to the City’s sustainability goals.

Pledge to reduce my Carbon Footprint