Motion: Single Use Plastics
Councillor G. R. Curry will move and Councillor R. W. Coad will second the following Motion:
The devastating impact that single use plastics are having on the world’s environment is well understood and although not a new threat, it is becoming increasingly obvious that more needs to be done at a local and individual level. Practical initiatives that the Council, businesses and residents can easily embrace within the area of Reigate and Banstead are required and therefore I request the Council approves the following actions and initiatives:
1. That the Chief Executive be requested to undertake an audit of the Council’s purchasing with respect to single use plastics and to report the findings of this review to the Executive with appropriate recommendations for their reduction;
2. That the Chief Executive be requested to take action to immediately eliminate the use of single use plastics in the Town Hall complex, liaise with satellite facilities such as the Earlswood Depot, Harlequin, leisure centres and businesses within the Councils commercially rented properties to work towards this goal on a practical timescale.
3. That the Chief Executive works with the Leader of the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhood Services to prepare an awareness campaign of the need to reduce single use plastics within our local community; and
4. That the Chief Executive be requested to develop a system that would promote achievement levels through a voluntary rating system for local businesses (and other organisations, e.g. schools) to highlight those doing the most to eliminate single use plastics, reduce general disposable and single use items and working to increase their recycling rates.
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Councillor G.R. Curry moved and Councillor R.W. Coad seconded the following Motion, concerning single use plastics:
1. That the Chief Executive be requested to undertake an audit of the Council’s purchasing with respect to single use plastics and to report the findings of this review to the Executive with appropriate recommendations for their reduction;
2. That the Chief Executive be requested to take action to immediately eliminate the use of single use plastics in the Town Hall complex, liaise with satellite facilities such as the Earlswood Depot, Harlequin, leisure centres and businesses within the Council’s commercially rented properties to work towards this goal on a practical timescale;
3. That the Chief Executive works with the Leader of the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhood Services to prepare an awareness campaign of the need to reduce single use plastics within our local community; and
4. That the Chief Executive be requested to develop a system that would promote achievement levels through a voluntary rating system for local businesses (and other organisations, e.g. schools) to highlight those doing the most to eliminate single use plastics, reduce general disposable and single use items and working to increase their recycling rates.
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 2.17.3 of the Constitution the Motion upon being moved and seconded was referred without discussion to the Executive for consideration.