Plastic bags no thanks - First meeting

A variety of groups and individuals turned up for this week’s first coordinating meeting for making Malvern a plastic bag-free town. See a short report in Malvern Gazette. Do let us have more details, updates etc.

Meanwhile, Marks and Spencers are joining the list of retailers charging for plastic bags - 5p for food customers, implemented by 6th May. See Planet Ark news story.  And Scotland’s government has urged the end of the country’s ‘plastic bag culture’, with the relevant minister saying “I will be writing to Scottish retailers to ask precisely what action they are taking to deliver the target of a 25 per cent reduction in the impact of carrier bags by the end of this year.”