Bin the plastic bag plea
SHOPS and Supermarkets in Andover are likely to come under increasing pressure from Test Valley Borough Council to give up their plastic bags.
Councillors meeting in Romsey agreed to a motion from Cllr Caroline Nokes backing the Better bags for Romsey' campaign which aims to reduce use of the bags. She hoped the work undertaken in Romsey will inspire a similar campaign in Andover.
A further motion from Cllr Steve Cosier urging the council to consider implementing a moratorium on the use of plastic bags and calling for the government to introduce a bag tax was withdrawn but he promised he would bring it back next time.
Cllr Mark Cooper said that out in the countryside layers of plastic were strewn along the roadside and plastic bags dangled like witch's knickers from the trees'.
"When you walk on the grass you can feel the crunch of plastic which is a layer of litter made up of crisp packets - it is most important that we take this seriously," he said.
Some plastic bags could take as long as 1,000 years to degrade.
2:35pm Friday 9th May 2008
Print 
Email this 
CommentPosted by: R Jackson, Andover on 8:42pm Fri 9 May 08
How can we cut down on plastic bags when our local council keeps telling us to double wrap
all household waste
How can we cut down on plastic bags when our local council keeps telling us to double wrap
all household waste
Posted by: Phil, Lower Bockhampton on 11:08pm Fri 9 May 08
Not everthing needs to be double wrapped - only things like chicken bones. Recycling isn't rocket science just a bit time consuming and messy but necessary.
Not everthing needs to be double wrapped - only things like chicken bones. Recycling isn't rocket science just a bit time consuming and messy but necessary.
Posted by: Richard, andover on 7:01pm Sat 10 May 08
Phil..Do you really recycle chicken bones in Bockhampton?
Phil..Do you really recycle chicken bones in Bockhampton?
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
