Department of Health and Social Care: Beverage Containers
(asked on 16th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the number of single use disposable cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
This question was answered on 24th January 2018
The Department used 404,260 single use disposable cups on its estate in 2017, served from the cafes and restaurants on the estate. The Department holds no records on how many cups were recycled. All the Department’s waste is either recycled, reused or incinerated with energy recovery.