Campaign: Out with the Plastic and in with the Cotton bags - a huge success!
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
The ‘Say No to Plastics’ scheme was launched at our General Meeting in March. One thousand organic cotton bags were given out, printed with the Village Green Teams logo on one side and our sponsor’s, Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Project Sustainable Development Fund, on the other. Inside the bags were information leaflets to persuade people to give up plastic bags. The campaign was a great success, thanks to the efforts of the participating shops and farms: Park Street Stores & Post Office in Stoke by Nayland, Lower Dairy Farm in Little Horkesley, Scotland Place Farm in Stoke by Nayland, Polstead Community Shop, Assington Farm Shop, and Brewery Farm Shop, Polstead Tye, and to Stoke by Nayland CEVC Primary school and our local churches, who also gave out bags.
The shops also switched to compostable cornstarch bags for a month, and reported that use of disposable bags had fallen considerably. The campaign was reported in the Suffolk Free Press and got a mention on Radio Suffolk.
