U.K. Town "Plastic Bags Day Free"
First there were only paper bags.
Then it became "Paper or Plastic?"
Soon there may not be a question at all ...as I read newspapers, magazines and web articles I see more and more towns talking about becoming "plastic bag free". Here is the story of perhaps the first European town to eliminate plastic bags.
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"Shopkeepers in the Devon town of Modbury are claiming a European first, by being entirely free of plastic bags. ... captured the imagination of communities across the UK who are now following suit."
"All 43 shopkeepers in Modbury are taking part in the initiative, ..."
"Rebecca Hosking was moved to tears as she filmed marine life off Hawaii ... brought it home for me was one day filming a turtle," she said. ...had a plastic bag in its mouth and was slowly dying, ...also filming albatross who were picking up plastic and feeding it to their chicks and we saw so many suffer a slow and painful death."
"Plastic bag amnesty bins are dotted around Modbury, and those collected will be put to good use - in being recycled for furniture made entirely out of plastic waste."
You can contact Rebecca via the Modbury Chamber of Trade website or by e-mailing her at: info@modburydevoninfo.co.ukVia: BBC.CO.UK Link
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