Councillor Sue Dann (Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene) presented the Plan for Plastics report –

Updated the Cabinet on the progress made with partners towards delivering the first Plan for Plastics that was adopted by the Council in 2018 and to present the second Plan for Plastics that will drive forward further work between 2020 -2030.

The first plan which was adopted in 2018, was produced as a result of the Council’s commitment to work with partners from across the City in developing and delivering a single integrated and collaborative approach to reducing our use of single use plastic.

The Plan’s delivery had been driven by the Britain’s Ocean City Plastics Task Force, which includes representatives from public bodies, the environmental sector, the voluntary sector, the charity sector, academia, industry and businesses.

Following the success of the first edition of Plymouth’s Plan for Plastics, an updated version of the Plan had been produced by the Task Force. The updated second version of the Plan would continue to focus and drive a citywide effort to significantly reduce our use of single use and avoidable plastics and lead work to achieve our ambition of reducing plastic use to an absolute minimum by 2030. It had also evolved to align with and fully support the delivery of the Plymouth Climate Emergency Action Plan and the City’s ambitions for the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park.

Cabinet agreed to -

1. Note the progress and achievements of the first Plan for Plastics produced in 2018.

2. Support and endorse the Plymouth Plan for Plastics 2020 – 2030.