Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Beverage Containers
(asked on 16th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate has been made of the number of hot drink cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
This question was answered on 23rd January 2018
The Department was created in July 2016.
The Department’s catering supplier, Baxter Storey, purchased the following disposable cups for use in the staff restaurants and coffee shops:
Year | No. of cups |
2016 | 60,832 |
2017 | 48,912 |
The Department makes provision for recycling and has specially marked recycling bins throughout the Department.