10.03.08
Cabinet secretary announces phasing out of bottled water across government estate
The use of bottled water for meetings and other official business is to be phased out across the whole Government estate.
Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell has written to the head of every Government department suggesting they should replace bought-in bottled water with tap water for all meetings in future.
A number of departments have already stopped using bottled water for official meetings but the proposal is to extend the ‘tap water only policy’ throughout government departments.
The new policy is expected to come into effect by the summer.
Sir Gus said:
“The Government is committed to sustainable operations across its estate and I have made this issue one of my key priorities for the Civil Service.
“Today’s announcement is a small part of a much bigger programme of action in this area.”
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