Plastic
Bag Free Selkirk Wins Prestigious Award |
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October 2008
Plastic Bag Free Selkirk has won the prestigious award for Innovation
in Environmental Improvement At the Scottish Borders Awards
2008
This Award, which was presented to Jenna Agate at the Awards Ceremony in
Kelso on Friday 3 October, is a celebration of the commitment and effort
that the whole of the Selkirk Community have put into the Plastic Bag Free
campaign. The people of Selkirk, the traders and the shoppers, have fully
embraced the idea of a plastic bag free town and this award is an affirmation
of that support and an acknowledgement of their efforts to reduce the number
of plastic bags used in the town. |
Selkirk
can be proud of the work it has done to create change in our environment
and to protect the countryside. As a result there is a noticeable
reduction in the amount of litter on our streets, in the hedgerows
and in the river. Selkirk shoppers can be seen daily using and reusing
their own shopping bags and the town centre is cleaner and tidier
for it. Organisers of the campaign say that they are contacted regularly
by other towns and villages from all over Scotland. From Oban to Hawick
and Banchory to Berwick, people have heard of Selkirk’s campaign and
are inspired to do something too to help their own environment.
The Award trophy, made by local sculptor Sam Wade, can be seen in
the window of the Forest Bookstore in Selkirk Market Place. Selkirk
Bags are on sale at The Forest Bookstore and Hinnigans |
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