Since I raised the issue of plastic bag usage, all the major supermarkets in the borough have been written to by Wigan Council requesting that they work with the Council to reduce the number of plastic bags issued from stores. To date the Council has has replies from Tesco, Wigan and Somerfield, Standish and a meeting has been arranged with Somerfield to discuss plastic bag usage.
The bad news is that the Council has yet to receive a reply from any stores in the Ashton area. I will be contacting them personally to to encourage the reduction in the use of plastic bags.
Wigan Council continues to promote the use of re-usable bags, through work in schools and with community groups and distribute re-usable bags at recycling roadshows.
1 comment:
good idea, people use too many plastic bags when they should really be used over and over again.I'd like to see supermarkets charge for plastic bags this would encourage people to re-use them.
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