PLASTIC BAGS
"The damage that single-use plastic bags inflict on the environment is such that strong action must be taken."
Gordon Brown
Plastic bags are something that we all use in huge quantities.
The UK gets through over 13 BILLION of them every year ! (10 per week per household)
Over the last few years, I have picked up a large number of reusable bags, but always seem to forget to take them back into the store.
The DAILY MAIL recently launched a campaign to bring this into the public eye a little more.
There have been a large number of recent articles in the newspaper. Also details about a POLL on the use of plastic bags.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=521529&in_page_id=1770 - is one such article, which looks at Marks and Spencers joining their campaign.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=519433&in_page_id=1770 - sign the ONLINE PETITION.
They are also offering an A1 poster which can be obtained for £1.50 by sending a cheque payable to Daily Mail to:
The Daily Mail Wildlife Poster PO BOX 251 Alton Hants GU34 9BS
Click to enlarge, then order a copy - I have !
There are lots of links to follows from each of these articles.
This suggests that paper bags are no better....
BBC NEWS ARTICLES
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7270358.stm - PM warns stores over plastic bags
MODBURY, DEVON
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The World's first PLASTIC BAG FREE town, which is now being copied by lots of other towns who want to do the same thing.
Also check out the MESSAGE IN THE WAVES website to see how marine organisms are being affected by the huge number of plastic bags which find their way into the sea.
Also been blamed for FLOODING in Bangladesh by blocking the drains in Dhaka.
Also been called the 'national flower' of South Africa as they grow in all the hedgerows.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3013419.stm