On Saturday the 28th February we had a most successful Plastic Bag Free Day in Romsey. The local businesses were very supportive in not giving out plastic bags and we handed out hundreds of fairly traded organic cotton Better Bags for Romsey. A local Primary school choir sang a "plastic bag free" song, which the Norwich Bag Ladies Choir let us use.
We gave out bags in the Town Centre, in the local Supermarket and in the Town Hall where there were also lots of activities and displays. These included Fair Trade, Oxfam, Test Valley Borough Council Recycling, Waitrose, the Environment Centre and Vandanamu, who make our bags. There was a Design and Paint a bag stall and also one making bags from material remnants, which the Romsey Mayor and the Test Valley Mayor tried, as did our local MP. We had a free raffle for those willing to sign a pledge to reduce their plastic use. The prizes, donated by Test Valley Recycling were a wind up radio, a compost bin and recycling goody bags.
