A great day on Saturday as we distributed cotton and jute bags to SE22 residents on Lordship Lane. 

The Say NO to Plastic Bags is a community campaign, supported by locals and traders, to promote cloth bags in and around Lordship Lane.  The East Dulwich councillors have been involved from the beginning. We gathered signatures in support at the Dulwich Green Fair and  I am on the SNUB committee. The idea is to reduce plastic bag waste and promote local shopping too.  

Marilyn has been the mainstay of the campaign and she was out all day on the stall.  I helped in the morning and dragged a few young  Thomas helpers along. Amazing how many people made comments about ‘child labour’.  I explained it was ‘child voluntary action’ which is quite different!

There are still bags available in many local shops so get along to pick up yours and help promote local shops and cut down on plastic pollution.