Since 1998, UK ports, terminals, and marinas have produced waste management plans detailing how they organise and provide port reception facilities for ship generated waste.

Brixham Harbour - owned and operated by Tor Bay Harbour Authority - is participating in the Fishing for Litter scheme.

UK Ports are developing Port Air Quality Strategies designed to reduce air pollutant emissions within

The new state-of-the-art Greenhill Fish Market opened in 2018 and will support Peterhead Port’s drive for energy efficiency. The building has 270 solar panels providing electricity for the fish market chilling & lighting. This saves over 9600kWh of energy – 50 tonnes of CO2e – per year. The port is targeting a further reduction of 8000kWh for 2020. Surplus energy from the fish market is used to provide heating for offices and welfare rooms in the market.

Falmouth Harbour Commissioners, the Port of Truro and Penryn, A&P and St Mawes Harbour Authority worked in conjunction with the other members of the Fal and Helford SAC Management Forum to update the Environmental Code of Practice for the port.

The Port of Tilbury installed four wind turbines in 2013. These 2.3MW, 80 metre turbines operate continuously and provide up to 60% of the ports electricity needs.

KIMO’s Fishing For Litter is an imaginative yet simple initiative that aims to reduce marine litter by involving one of the key stakeholders, the fishing industry.

Volunteers in Torbay have been processing commercial fishing nets at Brixham Quay - stripping them of metal work, rubber and rope so it can be transported to a company in Denmark where the nets will be recycled back into plastic pellets.

Shipping is the most efficient way to move cargo. Waterborne freight transport can provide environmental benefits and reduce road congestion and pollution.

PD Teesport is the first port in the Northern Powerhouse to achieve certification to the Energy standard ISO 50001 across all of its 13 sites and operations nationwide.