Matthew Tomlinson, South Ribble Borough Councillor for Leyland's Golden Hill Ward and Lancashire County Council's Cabinet Member for the Environment has been giving away 'eco' bags -re-usable cotton bags- in a bid to reduce the number of environmentally damaging plastic bags used and thrown away in the area.
Last year 17.5 BILLION carrier bags were given away in the UK. That's one per person per day!
The bag can be washed for further use...
You can get someone strong to carry it for you...
...but we had to make do with this young man instead.
Using bags like these you can still go shopping and be a little bit kinder and cleaner with the environment.
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