4
5
Strategy 4: Protect and preserve natural resources and
ecological systems by promoting and supporting stewardship
and enhancement, green infrastructure development and
maintenance, and avoiding adverse environmental impacts.
Action A: Implement natural resource protection and enhancement plans.
Action B: Continue to partner with stakeholders to reduce the level of
pollutants released into surface water, groundwater, sanitary sewers, and storm
drains.
Action C: Evaluate and promote alternative land use policies and practices –
including green site design innovations to enhance the county’s natural
resources and ecological systems.
Action D: Encourage the use of Green Infrastructure (GI) including: site-specific,
best management practices that absorb and infiltrate precipitation where it
falls; an interconnected network of open spaces, habitat enhancement, and
natural areas; water conservation and other recognized GI practices.
Action E: Support economic development strategies that help grow a green
economy and green jobs based on market-driven demands.
Action F: Improve air quality by establishing a schedule for building energy
audits, fleet management, and by researching, and implementing, where
feasible, practices to reduce pollutants and exploring methods to measure the
County’s carbon footprint.
Action G: Implement and report on the Sustainability Chapter of the Lake
County Regional Framework to encourage sustainable development practices.
Action H: Advance sustainable agriculture and local food initiatives.
Strategy 5: Provide a reliable and sustainable supply of safe
drinking water to residents.
Action A: Implement and report on water conservation measures and their
impacts on usage.
In 2016, the County Café in the Lake
County Courthouse & Administrative
Complex started using eco-friendly
products, including disposable utensils,
plates, cups, and other paper supplies
that are compostable, biodegradable,
and/or able to be recycled. These
products replace Styrofoam products
that do not biodegrade and can’t be
recycled.
PERFORMANCE METRIC
75% of all construction and
demolition debris is recycled for
covered projects in unincorporated
areas of Lake County.
100
Actual: 86%
80
Goal: 75%
60
3,769 tons of
waste diverted
from landfills
40
20
2016
Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling
for Unincorporated Lake County
0
SWALCO Per Capita Per Day Disposal Rate
2.2
2.0
1.89
1.8
ACTUAL
1.81
1.60
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
2010
2015
12
TARGET
1.35
2020