Emsworth - a plastic bag free town?

The committee of the EBA on behalf of its members and other business people in Emsworth, are encouraging the town to become "plastic bag free". In other words replacing plastic with bio degradable and "bags for life" which are recyclable.

The EBA has has financed the scheme to encourage better use of scarce resources and in a small but significant way to help the environment-after all Emsworth because of its unique and beautiful location is more vulnerable than most to climate change.

If the scheme is to work businesses will need the whole hearted support of residents and visitors, so to this end a re-useable bag has been distributed to every household.

Brendan Gibb-Gray.

[Chairman Emsworth Business Association]

THE COOP COMES ON BOARD!

Following recent publicity about the efforts of Emsworth businesses to replace plastic bags with more environmentally friendly bags and to encourage recycling we are pleased to announce that the Coop store in Emsworth will join our campaign.

Their area manager is actively researching viable alternatives to plastic bags and is committed to work with the local community not only in promoting their store but all the small businesses in the town who are signing up to this initiative"

The area manager reported that one of their stores in a small Hampshire town not Emsworth] used 240,000 plastic bags last year!