A WAR on plastic shopping bags is being waged by business and civic leaders in Cheltenham.
Carriers could be banished from the borough in future as part of a green revolution.
Shoppers and company bosses are being urged to get behind the scheme by embracing reusable bags.Buy chloereplicahandbags from thousands of International exporters,
An influential group of councillors is due to debate the matter this week and is likely to recommend residents redouble their efforts.Just go ahead and try and shop around for canadagoosejackets. Darren Price, deputy manager of Marks and Spencer, which charges 5p for food shopping bags, is due to address the committee when it meets on Wednesday at the Municipal Offices.
Cheltenham Borough Council sustainability chief, Councillor Roger Whyborn, said: "As far as I'm concerned, the fewer bags we use in town the better. It's for people to use bags for life and for businesses to move in that direction as well.
"If members of the committee are minded to recommend moving towards a situation without bags we will have to look at that."
Green campaigners have long spoken out against plastic bags, which cannot be recycled and take hundreds of years to break down if they are sent to landfill.
Mr Whyborn (LD, Up Hatherley) acknowledged that it was easier to get rid of bags in smaller towns and villages where there are fewer shops, but he praised the work of Primark, which uses recyclable paper bags.
In 2007, the Devon village of Modbury hit the headlines after its 43 shops agreed to stop using them.
"If retailers wanted to move in this direction we would certainly applaud that," said Mr Whyborn.
Cheltenham has made some progress since the issue was first raised by council chiefs in 2007, but plastic bags are still widely available.
A recent study by town centre manager Martin Quantock found that retailers were working hard to reduce the distribution of the carriers by imposing charges or asking customers if one was needed, rather than offering them as a matter of course.
Mr Quantock said: "If everybody used their bags for life and stopped taking plastic ones I think the retailers would be happy because it would be a cost saving as well as an environmental saving."
He added that in the absence of legislation to outlaw the bags or impose mandatory charges, there was little Cheltenham could do enforce a change.
A report due to be considered by the borough council's environment committee states that any action is best targeted at shoppers who choose to take bags.
Traders yesterday said they were already taking action.
James Noble, manager of electronics shop Hutchinsons, in High Street,Buy wholesale new wholesalecanadagooseoutlet products on TradeTang. said: "We don't generally offer bags, but if somebody buys a product and asks for one we will give it out.
"A lot of our customers bring their own bags for life, which seems like a good idea."
Rob Bowers,TOP grade philliplimhandbags of high quality at wholesale prices! manager of Woody's greengrocers, in High Street,Take advantage of our audemarspiguetdiverreplica today. said: "We used to give them away to every customer but now we don't offer them. If people ask we charge 5p."
The UK used 6.8 billion in 2010 and 6.5 billion the year before.
Carriers could be banished from the borough in future as part of a green revolution.
Shoppers and company bosses are being urged to get behind the scheme by embracing reusable bags.Buy chloereplicahandbags from thousands of International exporters,
An influential group of councillors is due to debate the matter this week and is likely to recommend residents redouble their efforts.Just go ahead and try and shop around for canadagoosejackets. Darren Price, deputy manager of Marks and Spencer, which charges 5p for food shopping bags, is due to address the committee when it meets on Wednesday at the Municipal Offices.
Cheltenham Borough Council sustainability chief, Councillor Roger Whyborn, said: "As far as I'm concerned, the fewer bags we use in town the better. It's for people to use bags for life and for businesses to move in that direction as well.
"If members of the committee are minded to recommend moving towards a situation without bags we will have to look at that."
Green campaigners have long spoken out against plastic bags, which cannot be recycled and take hundreds of years to break down if they are sent to landfill.
Mr Whyborn (LD, Up Hatherley) acknowledged that it was easier to get rid of bags in smaller towns and villages where there are fewer shops, but he praised the work of Primark, which uses recyclable paper bags.
In 2007, the Devon village of Modbury hit the headlines after its 43 shops agreed to stop using them.
"If retailers wanted to move in this direction we would certainly applaud that," said Mr Whyborn.
Cheltenham has made some progress since the issue was first raised by council chiefs in 2007, but plastic bags are still widely available.
A recent study by town centre manager Martin Quantock found that retailers were working hard to reduce the distribution of the carriers by imposing charges or asking customers if one was needed, rather than offering them as a matter of course.
Mr Quantock said: "If everybody used their bags for life and stopped taking plastic ones I think the retailers would be happy because it would be a cost saving as well as an environmental saving."
He added that in the absence of legislation to outlaw the bags or impose mandatory charges, there was little Cheltenham could do enforce a change.
A report due to be considered by the borough council's environment committee states that any action is best targeted at shoppers who choose to take bags.
Traders yesterday said they were already taking action.
James Noble, manager of electronics shop Hutchinsons, in High Street,Buy wholesale new wholesalecanadagooseoutlet products on TradeTang. said: "We don't generally offer bags, but if somebody buys a product and asks for one we will give it out.
"A lot of our customers bring their own bags for life, which seems like a good idea."
Rob Bowers,TOP grade philliplimhandbags of high quality at wholesale prices! manager of Woody's greengrocers, in High Street,Take advantage of our audemarspiguetdiverreplica today. said: "We used to give them away to every customer but now we don't offer them. If people ask we charge 5p."
The UK used 6.8 billion in 2010 and 6.5 billion the year before.
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