Plastic Bag Campaign

It doesn't seem like a year since this got started, but here we are, and there are the ladies of the plastic bag campaign leafletting the town again to report on progress.
They're pleased with the availability of paper and cotton bags around Hay now, and they're also encouraged by changes nationally. The Welsh Assembly is on the verge of introducing a plastic bag levy, and over 130 towns are trying to become plastic bag free, including Abergavenny and Crickhowell (fairly) locally.
In the Cinema, we now charge 10p for a plastic bag, which is actually what they cost us, and it's surprising how that small charge makes people think. Surprisingly, it has been the older customers who object most - just the people who should be able to remember a time before plastic bags. One man stomped out of the shop saying that we'd all be painting ourselves with woad next! Other people come prepared with their own bags, though, and we've even been given our own bags back to use again!