Disposable cups (2018)
Request
_x000D_How many single-use plastic-lined cups did the House of Commons buy in 2017?
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Response
_x000D_We have interpreted your request to be for information about take-away hot drinks cups and water cups available from our catering venues. These venues serve over 15,000 parliamentary pass-holders (MPs, Peers, their staff and staff of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, civil servants, external contractors, and journalists), as well as over 1 million members of the public who visit Parliament each year. Although these single-use cups are predominantly cardboard, they have a thin PET plastic inner coating (rather than fully polystyrene, for example) meaning they currently cannot be recycled.
_x000D_The information you have requested is held by the House of Commons and in 2017 the House purchased 874,075 of these cups.
_x000D_Lastly, it may help you to know that the House of Commons publishes information about sustainability measures undertaken by the Catering Team, and this is available on our website. We hope that is also useful.
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