Ok, you big supermarkets, take note of the Southern Co-Op, they are not only switching to cornstarch bags, but also charging 5p for them. Hurrah!
Read all about it…..
http://www.southern.coop:80/index.php?page=News&newsitem=255
The BBC visited Midway Island for another look at the plastic problem. Those who came to our showing of ‘Message in the Waves’ will be familiar with the sites that reached him.
There is a very good short video on this BBC page which takes a quick round-the-world trip to look at plastic bag pollution and the associated problems.
Apparently, plastic bags blocking the drainage system exacerbated the floods in Mumbai last year.
Mind you, I don’t think we’ll be holding a party or baking a cake for this one!
Have just been munching my toast whilst watching Lorraine Kelly(!) and she had a great item about the range of alternative bags available. All the bags mentioned (and they were all ethically sound) and more can be found at
http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=28726
Hurrah! More high profile coverage!
Sally found this article, so I thought I’d share it with you all…maybe someone could run a similar experiment in Chesham? 
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/plastic-no-thanks-793143.html
Many thanks to the Chiltern Chronicle for featuring us in the Spring issue. We are on Page 17 :>)
Chesham (A Fairtrade Town) is holding a film festival for Fairtrade Fortnight today and tomorrow at the Elgiva Theatre.
We will be there selling our lovely Fairtrade (and recycled) cotton bags and our Donna is on the post-film discussion panel for An Inconvenient Truth this evening, so pop along and say Hi and/or see a really interesting film and support Donna at the same time!
For film times and details follow the link
From todays Daily Mail
As the Mail reported on Saturday, the prince’s personal spokesman said that he “supports any practical effort to reduce the harm we do to our environment, and if more people use reusable bags instead of plastic carrier bags for their shopping it would make a real difference”.
A Clarence House spokesman yesterday added: “It is such an obviously sensible move.”
For the full story
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524349&in_page_id=1770
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