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Hebden Bridge traders and residents are rising to the challenge to abandon plastic bags. Already, 25 of the town’s 100 shops have shunned plastic bags. Maskills the butchers, Valley Stores, Holts the grocers, Studio Seven Art Supplies and Lamberts the printers are amongst the many well established Hebden businesses that are keen to go plasticbagfree. The town intends to send a bag to every household with a leaflet explaining the reasons for ending the use of plastic bags in the town, and a Hebden Bridge bag will be on sale by the autumn. Hot on the heels of Modbury in Devon, Britain’s first plastic bag free town, Hebden Bridge is lining up to be the largest town in Europe that is plasticbagfree. Proud of its independent shops, and recognised by the Clone Towns survey as the least cloned town in the UK, and labelled the world’s fourth most funky by BA’s High Life magazine, Hebden Bridge has a reputation for conserving it’s environment and being at the forefront of providing a unique and attractive place to visit and shop. The movement to ban plastic bags is growing, with a national campaign for a plasticbagfree Christmas afoot, moves by the country’s largest traders to reduce their use of plastic bags and mounting pressure on government to follow in Ireland’s footsteps with a plastic bag tax. The Hebden Bridge campaign will be advising residents to keep their old bags to use to sort items in their Kerbside Recycling boxes; meanwhile, it’s back to the sewing machine for the residents of Hebden Bridge. Keep an eye out for more news over the summer as Hebden Bridge builds up to plasticbagfree day on 1st September 2007.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 July 2007 )
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"I don't want a plastic bag thank you, I've got my own bag here"
Seminar
Sat 1st Dec 2007 How to go plasticbagfree in your town Read more...
Modbury, Devon
The traders in Modbury, Devon, were the pioneers of plastic bag free. Please look at their site too by following the link from this site.
Message in the waves
Watch the Message in the Waves trailer 
This powerful BBC documentary has triggered a strong desire to reduce the environmental impact of our waste. Plastic carrier bags are really only part of the story, but they are an item that you the consumer can easily take out of the waste stream by simply using an alternative.
BBC Look North
See the BBC Look North item for the campaign. (16 July 2007)
[Courtesy of HebWeb ]
Bag Ladies Mission Statement
The bag ladies is a not for profit community group that exists in order to assist the traders of Hebden Bridge in finding a practical alternative to plastic bags that damage the environment and contribute to climate change. The vision is for a plasticbagfree Hebden Bridge. The objectives are: - To work with Hebden Bridge traders, residents, visitors to the town and with other partners to inform people of the problems with plastic bags.
- To promote practical and environmentally friendly alternatives
- To conduct research into alternatives
- To promote the town and its traders as a plasticbagfree area
- To celebrate the towns plasticbagfree achievements
The 'bag ladies' as a group has been a useful media friendly 'vehicle' to promote this campaign.. but we do not own it! If you have strong ideas on how to take the campaign forward then please contact us . We do not wish to hold on tightly to this initiative - afterall we did not start it, we followed Modbury's lead! - or just go ahead and make changes happen, whether as a trader or a shopper.. and good luck!
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