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This page includes some ideas on how to avoid creating waste in the first
place. See also under "Featured Articles".
Rather than endlessly accepting free plastic bags from shops, buy re-usable
shopping bags, such as these that are available for 75p each at Sainsbury,
Apsley. They are strong, attractive, and pack up small with a popper
fastener when not in use.
Tring, a beautiful market town within Dacorum has listened to its customers and created
a re-use Tring environmentally friendly, fair-trade bag.
17 billion plastic bags are used a year in the UK, that’s 300 for every man, woman and child!
It estimated that they take 1000 years to decompose, they are a danger to wildlife and a mess
to the countryside.
Many countries around the world have already tackled this issue, the closest being Southern Ireland
where a plastic tax was introduced making it too expensive to supply them, any funds from
the tax go towards further environmental projects.
In Tring they have started the process, Private and Chamber of Commerce funds have paid for
the initial production of the bags, they are sold for a non profit at £2.50. The idea is
that they can be folded into a handbag and used when required. They are available throughout
the high street and the farmers market. Grass Roots have purchased one for each member of
their staff and many residents are now proudly carrying them.
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