§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's policy on promoting the use of recycled materials and renewable energies where relevant to his Department's activities.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Government's policies for the use of recycled materials and renewable energies are set out in the White Paper, "This Common Inheritance" (Cm. 1200).
In order to ensure that these policies are put into practice in Government, my Department's property holdings organisation is preparing an environmental action guide, which will include advice on the use of recycled material and on energy efficiency.
My Department's policy is to use recycled materials where practicable and reasonably economic to do so.
For instance, my Department uses recycled paper for all of its ministerial correspondence. Other products made from recycled material that are in general use within my Department include manilla paper and file covers, brown paper bags, paper towels, buff envelopes and toilet tissue. We are also conducting trials in the use of recycled paper for high speed photocopying and we are considering a trial of recycled paper for use with computer printers.