FI15859

Request

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

Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The trading standards authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.