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<p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has stated that
the commitment in the 25 Year Environment Plan to remove all Consumer Single-Use Plastics
(CSUP) from the central government estate offices will be delivered by 2020, with
the option for any department to do so earlier if desired.</p><p>In advance of this
ban on CSUP, Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have developed an elimination
scheme to be implemented through the facilities management (FM) suppliers on the CCS
FM framework. It has established steps that can be taken to remove CSUP from new and
existing contracts with departments at neutral cost, in support of this commitment.</p><p>The
elimination scheme took effect from 1 August 2018, enabling departments and supply
chains (including those related to waste management) to phase in alternatives to CSUP
in time for the ban coming into force. Government’s FM suppliers report that these
steps are helping lead many of their private sector clients to adopt similar plastics
elimination measures.</p>
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