EIR Request - Single Use Plastic Regulations

Request 101003782520

Please provide the following information covering the period from 2020 to the present:

1. The number of inspections or compliance activities your authority has carried out in relation to single-use plastic regulations (for example bans on plastic straws, cutlery, polystyrene containers, and/or similar).

2. The number and type of enforcement actions (and no actions) taken. This may include warnings, fixed penalties, prosecutions, or other enforcement actions available to your authority.

3. Any local strategy, internal guidance, or policy documents used to monitor or enforce compliance.

4. Any complaints or reports of non-compliance received by your authority. Please kindly provide the number and the outcome.

Response 28-05-2025

1. Single use plastics are dealt with at the routine visits for food Hygiene. We have not carried out any visits specifically in respect of single use plastics as we have not received any complaints and do not have the resources to prioritise the issue.
2. No enforcement actions have been taken to date.
3. Not held. We do not have any such documents specifically for single use plastics. As indicated, we raise the issue at routine food hygiene inspections if required. IThis information therefore falls under Regulation 10(4)(a) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 - information not held.
4. To date we have not received any complaints.