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Proposals to reduce plastic waste
Meeting: 21/11/2019 - Council (Item 55)
55 Proposals to Reduce Plastic Waste 
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Report of the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report seeking approval on the Council’s approach to reducing the volume of single use plastic waste.
COUNCIL RESOLVED - (i) That the UK Plastics Pact be signed up
to.
(ii) That the Corporate Social Responsibility
Pledge be amended to encourage the Council’s supply chain to also sign up to the UK Plastics Pact.
(iii) That the implementation of the
procurement protocol be approved.
Meeting: 15/10/2019 - Cabinet (Item 67)
67 Proposals to Reduce Plastic Waste PDF 471 KB
Report of the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance
Minutes:
Consideration has been given to the Council’s approach to reduce the volume of single use plastics and proposed recommendations to further reduce plastic waste within the Council.
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(i) That the proposals, set out in paragraph 6 of the report, continue to be implemented.
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(ii) That the Council sign up to the UK Plastics Pact.
(iii) That the Council be recommended to amend its Social Responsibility Pledge to encourage the Council’s supply chain to also sign up to the UK Plastics Pact.
(iv) That the Council be recommended to approve the implementation of the procurement protocol, as set out in appendix 3 to the report. |
The above decisions have been made to minimise the use of single use plastics within the Council and across the borough.