Joining the industry-wide fight against plastic, the company has partnered with resealable still and sparkling water company, CanO Water, on the initiative, which will also see Talkington Bates support the free water refill scheme.
Pledging to make a “significant difference to the catering service it provides and urging other contract caterers to follow suit,” joint managing director Paul Bates explained: “Sustainability has always been a top priority for Talkington Bates and after speaking with our clients, we have received overwhelming support and positive feedback in our quest to remove all plastic water bottles and as much other plastic goods as possible from our sites.
“The idea that plastic bottles could outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050 is absolutely shocking and, as an industry, we must join forces to do all we can to cut the use of plastic from the catering environment.”
The company said it also aims to “reduce over a million plastic items from its sites by: removing at least 85% of all plastic food products from staff restaurants by the end of 2018; carrying out a complete review of all supply chain food packaging and continuing to move to starch-based compostable salad boxes, grab ‘n’ go pots and cutlery over the coming months.”