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Plastic Free Manly - Great Initiative

16/8/2016

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A new community group has been formed with the single purpose of eliminating single use plastic bags in Manly by 2017.  What a great goal!
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It takes a village - to go plastic bag free. 
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That's the strategy powering community group Plastic Free Manly  towards their ambitious environmental  goals.  The grassroots organisation has set 2017 - next year - as their target to rid Manly of single use plastic bags. 

Because social change only happens  if everyone is on side, the environmentalists are talking to as many groups as possible, ranging from school children and their families to local businesses and large corporate entities. 

For the children there are family activity sheets and the story of Gertie the Turtle who swallowed a plastic bag and almost died. For businesses there is support for a transition away from plastic, and publicity to nudge shoppers into doing the right thing. Plastic Free Manly already has the support of more than 40 local retailers, Northern Beaches Council and Manly Chamber of Commerce. They are also working with grocery giant Coles on a local plastic reduction campaign. 

The need is pressing. Every day ten million new plastic bags are used by Australian shoppers.  And the plastic in every one of them takes hundreds of  years to break down. 

"Manly is special," former Manly councillor and Good For Manly president Candy Bingham said.  "It's a village community, and it's full of people who care passionately about our oceans, wildlife and bush. We already have campaigns like Plastic Free July, which Good For Manly helped to introduce to Manly last year, and now this terrific  group of women are taking it to a whole new level."

Plastic Free Manly is run entirely by volunteers. To join their team and receive training as a Business Engagement Warrior or digital marketer, or just to find out more, please click the link below. 

​http://www.plasticfreemanly.org




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ralf
29/10/2016 12:34:08 pm

I am very much in favor of REDUCING the plastic bags or have such material that decomposes.......BUT we DO NEED some bags for our rubbish; free of charge from Coles is better than buying them or what is the alternative ?

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Keelah Lam
30/10/2016 05:01:58 pm

If you compost, or give your compost to friends, you do not need plastic bags for rubbish

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John Koch
31/10/2016 06:32:47 am

Good. 'Plastic Free Manly'. Any reduction helps. Nice to see many locals of all ages remove litter from foreshores. Confident that this campaign could be effective. Like to help.

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