{"id":6087,"date":"2018-10-08T15:26:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strettonclimatecare.org.uk\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2022-07-26T14:47:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:47:31","slug":"cutting-down-on-plastic-in-the-strettons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strettonclimatecare.org.uk\/2018\/10\/cutting-down-on-plastic-in-the-strettons\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting down on plastic in the Strettons"},"content":{"rendered":"
Saturday 6th<\/sup>October. It was cold and wet – \u00a0but four intrepid activists with Stretton Climate Care were found outside the Church Stretton Co-op Food Store with three of the store\u2019s shopping trollies (with the manager\u2019s permission), one full of plastic from Co-op foods which could be recycled, one with plastic which could not be recycled and one \u201cnot sure\u201d as it wasn\u2019t labeled.<\/a><\/p>\n As shoppers went in and out of the store, they were invited to take a \u201cNo 4 Plastics revised August 2021<\/a>\u201d leaflet. \u00a0Stretton Climate Care have produced it after surveying the shops in the town to discover which traders were trying to reduce their use of plastic. Over 100 leaflets were distributed and some of the town shops now have the leaflet to give to shoppers.<\/p>\n Jon Cooke, \u00a0our publicity officer, discovered only one shop which still had only\u00a0 plastic bags! The others could offer a corn starch or paper alternative. Food shops were willing encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable containers for both fresh and dried goods and plastic straws were definitely on their way out. It wasn\u2019t just tea and coffee which could be bought loose. Customers were welcome to bring their own reusable containers for take-a-way drinks and increasing numbers of the town\u2019s traders were looking at alternative packaging.<\/a><\/p>\n Stretton Climate Care has produced a free window sticker for anyone who wants to be seen to be cutting down on plastic. A number of the shops in the town are already displaying them. \u00a0These and the leaflet are available from the Wellbeing Centre, Easthope Road\u00a0 on Thursday mornings 10.00 \u2013 12.00 when Stretton Climate Care hold their weekly energy advice drop in service. Also available by request via the contacts page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday 6thOctober. It was cold and wet – \u00a0but four intrepid activists with Stretton Climate Care were found outside the Church Stretton Co-op Food Store with three of the store\u2019s shopping trollies (with the manager\u2019s permission), one full of plastic from Co-op foods which could be recycled, one with plastic which could not be recycled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n