Plastic Bag Free Penrith topic items
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The PACT Resources and Waste action group has been campaigning since 2009 to reduce plastic bag use in Penrith, primarily concentrating on single use carrier bags
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Plastic Bag Free Penrith campaign project for 2011Background - The Opportunity
Single use plastic carrier bags are a significant environmental problem, as they easily become litter and are a choking hazard for land and sea animals, with many bags accumulating in the 'plastic garbage patches' in the middle of our oceans. Switching to reusable bags is a good first step to moving from a throw-away society to adopting a more sustainable way of living, both for traders and shoppers.
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Lord Henley replied on 1/9/11 - see attachment below:
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Lord Henley replied on 1/9/11 - see attachment below:
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On 2nd October 2010, the Plastic Bag Free Penrith team took to the streets, setting up a Bag Swap stall to swap shoppers plastic bags for a new PACT cotton bag. We gave away all our bags...
We also asked shopper to sign a petition to the House of Commons calling for a charge to be introduced in England on single use plastic carrier bags. Almost 500 signatures were collected on the day, with more collected later; the petition was handed in by our MP Rory Stewart.
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On 2nd October 2010, the Plastic Bag Free Penrith team took to the streets, setting up a Bag Swap stall to swap shoppers plastic bags for a new PACT cotton bag. We gave away all our bags...
We also asked shopper to sign a petition to the House of Commons calling for a charge to be introduced in England on single use plastic carrier bags. Almost 500 signatures were collected on the day, with more collected later; the petition was handed in by our MP Rory Stewart.
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Date: Tuesday, 22 March, 2011 (All day)Organisation: PACT Resources and WasteVenue: St Catherines School
The PACT Resources and Waste team are running four workshops at St Catherine's primary School as part of our Plastic Bag Free Penrith campaign - during Climate Week, 21-27 March 2011.
At the workshops, the students will paint blank cotton bags which they and their families can then use when shopping to avoid using plastic bags.
Please note, these workshops are not open to the public.
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Of course in the ideal world we wouldn't be dealing with issues around plastic bag disposal in the first place, but given there are still plenty of them about (!) how about some innovative ideas for re-using bags for knitting or making jewellery?
Just a few ideas here from a quick search on google / YouTube - I'm sure there are plenty more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4jIUcSo8g
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Date: Friday, 17 December, 2010 - 12:55 to 13:00Organisation: PACTVenue: The George Hotel
We've arranged a brief time slot to hand over our plastic bag charge petition to our MP Rory Stewart. He will then lodge it formally at the House of Commons.
Rory can spare us a couple of minutes tomorrow at 12.55 pm at the front of The George Hotel (where he has a meeting). Please can you confirm whether you will be able to attend? The more the merrier!
We'd love more people to come and be visible in the photo shoot. Please contact the Resources and Waste group.
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Date: Thursday, 20 January, 2011 - 19:00Organisation: PACTVenue: The George Hotel
This is a meeting to go through the Plastic Bag Free Penrith project plan and CWPF grant application.
We can also discuss the proposed Climate Week event at St Catherine's School in March.
We can also have a look at the Excess Packaging issues contributed by Nigel.