MOTION ON NOTICE
To consider the Motion on Notice received from Councillor Cresswell:
This Council will:-
1. Develop a robust strategy to make Babergh a ‘single-use plastic free’ authority by the end of 2019, including an end to the purchase and procurement of single use plastics through supply chain;
2. End the sale and provision of single use plastic products such as bottles, cups, cutlery, disposable coffee cups and drinking straws in council buildings; and
3. Investigate the possibility of requiring pop-up food and drink vendors at Council events to avoid disposable plastic items as a condition of their contract.
4. Become a member of the keep Britain tidy network.
5. Explore the idea of putting on-street recycling bins in Sudbury and Hadleigh town centres to help people recycle on the go. The new bins will enable people to recycle cans, paper and card, plastic and glass items.
Proposer: Councillor Luke Cresswell
Seconder: Councillor Tony Bavington
Minutes:
92.1 On the proposal of Councillor Cresswell and seconded by Councillor Bavington the following Motion was MOVED:-
This Council will:-
1. Develop a robust strategy to make Babergh a ‘single-use plastic free’ authority by the end of 2019, including an end to the purchase and procurement of single use plastics through supply chain;
2. End the sale and provision of single use plastic products such as bottles, cups, cutlery, disposable coffee cups and drinking straws in council buildings; and
3. Investigate the possibility of requiring pop-up food and drink vendors at Council events to avoid disposable plastic items as a condition of their contract.
4. Become a member of the keep Britain tidy network.
5. Explore the idea of putting on-street recycling bins in Sudbury and Hadleigh town centres to help people recycle on the go. The new bins will enable people to recycle cans, paper and card, plastic and glass items.
92.2 In his introductory speech, Councillor Cresswell ask Council to consider the problem of plastic following the recent publicity of global issues caused by plastic. The first part of the motion called on the Council to develop a robust strategy to make Babergh a single use plastic free authority by the end of 2019, including an end to the purchase and procurement of single use plastics through the supply chain.
92.3 Commenting further Councillor Cresswell stated that the second part of the motion to end the sale and provision of single use products in the building would be a lot easier to adopt now that the County Council had committed to not using single use products in the building. The third part of the motion was to investigate the possibility of requiring pop up food and drink vendors to avoid plastic items were possible at Council events and to become a member of the Keep Britain tidy network. Lastly the motion asked that the Council explore the idea of putting on street recycling bins in Sudbury and Hadleigh town centres, other councils had already invested in these type of schemes and it would be share good practice.
92.4 Finally Councillor Cresswell stated that it would be good for Babergh to follow the County Council’s stance on this, but also felt that Babergh could lead in this way also to ensure that Babergh was a clean and tidy area with high recycling rates which other Council’s aspired to.
92.5 The Chairman under Part 3 Council Procedure Rules 13.6 referred the Motion to Cabinet without further debate.
92.6 Councillor Ward raised a point of information and informed Council that on the matter of the recycling bins, the Council had ordered a couple of conversion kits to convert two bins in Sudbury to be able to take cans and plastic bottles and the trial was already under way. However, Councillor Ward stated that whilst the trial would address the concerns that had been raised and would send a positive message from the behavioural point of view, the result of the trial ... view the full minutes text for item 92