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<p>In our 25 Year Environment plan the Government outlined a range of measures on
how we will reduce the amount of plastic in circulation through reducing demand for
single-use plastic. This included a commitment to removing all consumer single use
plastics from the central government estate offices. DFID is fully dedicated to supporting
this commitment.</p><p>We are developing strategies to phase out all single use plastics
across our UK estate and are working closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
to review options in overseas offices.</p><p> </p><p>To date we have:</p><ul><li>removed
all plastic water cups from our offices and encouraged staff to provide their own
re-usable alternatives;</li><li>replaced single use plastic canteen consumables with
non-plastic, compostable alternatives;</li><li>installed new waste bins and signage
to improve the way we stream, segregate and recycle waste, particularly recyclable
plastics;</li><li>begun planning with our suppliers to phase out the sale of all single
use plastic food packaging, including plastic drink bottles in our offices.</li></ul>
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