CHAMBER FEATURE


Pioneering Plan for plastics will help protect the planet


Chamber CEO Stuart


Elford, Jackie Young from Environment Plymouth and Councillor Sue Dann


A new code of conduct to help businesses, community organisations and individuals cut down on single use plastics has been launched by partners in Plymouth. The Plan for Plastics Code of


Conduct was launched jointly by members of the Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City Plastics Taskforce and Devon and Plymouth Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber’s City Conversations event. It follows the news last month that Plymouth is the largest UK city to be awarded Plastic Free City status by Surfers Against Sewage. The code gives lots of handy


hints and tips such as encouraging 34 Chamber Profile Autumn 2019


the use of reusable cups, making sure events are eco-friendly by using recyclable materials including cups, plates and cutlery, and thinking about packaging when ordering supplies. Councillor Sue Dann, Cabinet


Member for Environment and Street Scene for Plymouth City Council, said: “We’re really pleased to launch the new Code of Conduct jointly with Devon and Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. “As a city we’re committed to


doing all we can to reduce single use plastics and tackling plastic pollution and to do this we need everyone’s support. So the code is really about making it as easy as


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