FOI request (FOI229167)

Catering

Requested Tue 19 December 2017
Responded  Tue 19 December 2017

1) How much money is spent by the council, or by contracted caterers, on disposable plastic-lined coffee cups, and how much did these purchases cost? I would like this information broken down by year for the past three financial years (2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17).

2) How much money is spent by the council, or by contracted caterers, on disposable plastic cutlery, and how much did these purchases cost? I would like this information broken down by year for the past three financial years (2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17).

3) Does the council intend to continue purchasing disposable coffee cups and plastic cutlery?

4) Does the council have recycling facilities in its district that have the capability to recycle the specific coffee cups and plastic cutlery purchased?

I would like the information to requests 1 and 2 provided to me in Excel spreadsheet or other electronic form

Response

This information is held

Hastings Borough Council do not purchase plastic lined coffee cups for internal or external meetings, they are made of paper and are recycled via our waste contractors. We do not use plastic cutlery but use small wooden stirrers which are biodegradable. We very rarely use outside contractors for meetings but when we do, it is usually finger foods such as sandwiches that does not require the use of plastic cutlery.