Plans for Denbighshire County Council to significantly reduce its use of single-use plastics have been approved.
The full council agreed proposals drawn up by a cross-party task and finish group of
councillors to reduce the use of plastics within council offices, following a
Notice of Motion last year.
Plans include
the following within the council’s office buildings - no longer providing
plastic water cups and single use paper/plastic cups for hot drinks and the
removal of water coolers, automated hot drink machines and vending machines.
A campaign
will also be launched to encourage everyone who comes to the three main council
offices to bring their own cup.
The
cross-party group will now undertake further work with a view to draw up
proposals to reduce the council’s use of plastic in school catering and procurement
and the work will be linked to the Council’s wider work within the Climate
Change and Ecological Emergency response.
Cllr Brian
Jones, Lead Member for Waste, Transport and the Environment, said: “I’d like to
thank the members of the cross-party group for their hard work in coming up
with these proposals.
“Protecting
the environment is a priority for the council under its Corporate Plan and this
project focuses on reducing the amount of single-use plastic within Council
offices as well as showing leadership within the wider community.
“These actions
will benefit the environment by reducing and avoiding the use of plastics in
Council offices, as an example by just ending the provision of plastic cups at
water coolers will see 140,000 fewer cups being used over the next ten years.”
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