Modbury, UK Goes Plastic-Free!
Local environmental activist Rebecca Hosking petitioned store-owners in Modbury, UK, to stop using plastic bags.
“I started with the traders who were my friends, suggesting to them the possibility of making Modbury plastic shopping bag-free,” Rebecca says, of the campaign. “My best advice to anyone who wants their town to be free of plastic bags is that they are going to have to fight the fight themselves. You are in a far stronger position than when we did it because you now have Modbury as a success story.”
She succeeded in her mission without any assistance from any level of government.
Doesn’t this story inspire you to do something about the plastic bag situation in your town?
To read all about Rebecca’s campaign, check out the article she wrote for the The Guardian!
Via treehugger
Image via she wrote for the The Guardian!
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