Saving the Planet, One Step at a Time

You may have already heard of Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Initiative which is sweeping the nation by storm.

Saltash has been quick to get involved, as expected from its pioneering environmental campaigning to date.

Georgina Caro is an environmental blogger with first hand experience of changing her life around to make it simpler and friendlier to the planet. As well as delivering down to earth advice and support to others who want to make similar changes, but don’t know where to start, she has become Saltash’s Plastic Free Community Leader to support public and private sector change.

To become an accredited Plastic Free Community the volunteers for Plastic Free Saltash must complete 5 key objectives:

1. They have to get their local council to commit to plastic-free initiatives.

2. They have to get local businesses to remove single-use plastic items.

3. They need to engage with the community and bring on board organisations like schools, employers and community groups.

4. They have to hold plastic-free events where they spread the word about reducing single-use and organise beach and river cleans.

5. Finally, they need to set up a steering group made up of various people in the community to meet regularly and keep reviewing their progress. Once they’ve met all those targets, then they’re accredited.

Deli-Bazaar, a local independent business in Saltash has been awarded the first Plastic Free Champion award by Plastic Free Saltash.

Deli-Bazaar, run by Stephen Evans, is a health food store stocking a range of items including vegan & gluten free food items, natural remedies, household

The accreditation recognised a range of environmentally friendly initiatives that Deli-Bazaar has put in place including…

• offering a refill service for household items such as laundry liquid, washing up liquid and shampoo refills.

• selling a great range of environmentally friendly products such as bamboo toothbrushes

• And stocking plastic free beauty product like plastic free deodorants & plastic free soaps

To become a Plastic Free Champion as awarded by SAS a business must commit to remove at least 3 single-use plastic items form their business. Examples of items that can be removed are plastic straws, disposable coffee cups, balloons and plastic bags.

Plastic Free Saltash need a minimum of 6 local businesses to become plastic free champions so that they can then go on to achieve the official Plastic Free Community status awarded by SAS. Deli-Bazaar is the first business to get involved.

To get in touch with Plastic Free Saltash either visit their new website www.plasticfreesaltash.co.uk or visit their Facebook page.

Article by Georgina Caro

Award-winning blogger & content creator gypsysoul.co.uk

Helping you live a more sustainable & simple life bybreaking it down into simple steps to avoid the overwhelm