Short Description
Single Use Plastics Ban
Reference number
EIR196501-419992
Date
09/11/2023
Request
Last month, the Government outlawed single use plastics.
Single-use plastics ban: plates, bowls, trays, containers, cutlery and balloon sticks - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Since the law came in on October 1, please disclose.
* The total number of reports to the council that businesses have been supplying prohibited single use plastic items.
* How many investigations the council have launched in the wake of these reports since October 1
* The total number of fines that have been issued since October 1 relating to single use plastics.
* For each fine, please disclose what single use item(s) the business in receipt of the fine had allegedly supplied.