Bag It Up!

It’s funny how it’s almost too hard to remember now - that every time you went to the supermarket, out would come a stream of branded plastic carrier bags. No questions asked. Bags that would likely just be thrown into that ‘plastic bag cupboard' crammed full of them. So easily we have managed to adjust our habits to mean that asking for a plastic bag these days is a rarity. It’s this kind of shift in thinking that our planet needs more of, and it goes to show how quickly we’re able to embrace change when we really try. Of course a certain amount of corporate buy in by the retailers was required to get us there, but no question about it, it’s worked.

Down here in Cornwall we take massive pride in our stunning beaches and breathtaking countryside, and that includes encouraging everyone who comes to visit to do the same. It’s not just the simple task of taking their own leftovers away with them, why not pick up an extra bit or two that’s been left behind by the less considerate? I have a rule. Whenever I walk my dogs on the beach or in the woods, I always leave with at least one bit of rubbish. (More often than not it’s way more than just the one.)