Willersey shopkeepers say "no" to plastic bags

Willersey resident and Cotswold Conference Centre Sales manager Nick Akerman has been supporting a new scheme in the local village, initiated by retailers Mike & Anita Petruzzelli & Mike & Julie Knowles, who have decided to reduce the impact on the environment by reducing the use of plastic carrier bags, by making Willersey one of the first villages in the Cotswolds to ban the plastic bag. As some of their customers already use re-usable shopping bags, and from receiving comments about the impact of plastic bags from many other customers, it was decided to look at providing a suitable replacement bag for their regular customers. “We quickly recognised a problem that we needed to purchase 100’s of re-usable bags and were daunted by the initial cost until Ecover came to the rescue with a gift of 300 Jute bags which is a wonderful start.” Explained Mike Knowles… “Both our shops stock Ecover products so we are delighted such a successful brand have supported this initiative in our community. It seems fitting to launch the scheme to our regular customers on 22nd April which is Earth Day 2008” .