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Children’s passionate plea to rid town of plastic bags
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| IT'S IN THE BAG: Bridport Primary School pupils Emily Donovan, Chris Durow, Bethany Larcombe, Molly Foster and Patrick Chapman with teacher Yvonne Dobson, Mayor Geoff Ackerman (back left) and environment committee chairman Dave Rickard |
A GROUP of children made an impassioned plea to a council to rid their town of plastic bags.
Five youngsters aged 10 and 11 made their case at a meeting of Bridport Town Council's environment committee.
They spoke on behalf of their classmates at Bridport Primary School who want the council to promote the use of carriers made only from sustainable materials to protect the environment and save wildlife.
They say the town should follow the example of Modbury in Devon, the first in Europe to declare itself a plastic bag-free community.
"If Modbury can do it why can't Bridport?" one youngster asked.
"Animals and the countryside are being harmed by plastic bags - we want to save our beautiful planet," said another.
"Remember - one world, one chance, don't ruin it," was the emphatic message from a third.
Chairman Councillor Dave Rickard told them: "That was a very well put together plea and I defy anyone not to take notice."
He said by his estimate around a million disposable plastic bags were used in Bridport every month.
"It staggered me when I did the figures," he said. "It must be possible to do something about it."
He assured the youngsters the town council was already on the case and had made a start by deciding not to supply plastic bags to their market traders any more.
Now he said they wanted to encourage local people to form a group to take things further.
Coun Karl Wallace suggested the children should take their message to the supermarkets in Bridport.
Coun Maggie Ray said the Chamber of Commerce had recently agreed to go plastic bag-free and encourage its members to put stickers in their windows.
11:29am Thursday 17th April 2008
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