Marine world cottons on
The world’s first ‘Plastic Bag Free Day’, supported by the Marine Conservation
Society, took place on 12 September 2009. The day was an attempt to reverse a trend
that, in a 2008 litter survey, found 8,174 plastic bags littering UK beaches on just one
weekend. On the day itself, around 140 towns and communities went ‘plastic bag
free’ for 24 hours and Dr Sue Kinsey, MCS Pollution Programme Manager, was
delighted with it: “This is a fantastic initiative and will hopefully act as an incentive
for everyone to leave plastic bags at the check out.”
As the marine world comes down in favour of re-useable bags, made from degradable
materials like cotton, Steve Anderson joint MD of KeepMe Bags is content that this
annual expression of public conscience is a very positive sign of the times: “In the
world of promotions and marketing, we all know that there are a hundred ways in
which modern cotton bags are vastly superior to the old plastic ones. Happily, events
like the Plastic Bag Free Day prove that the UK’s general public is becoming ever
more conscious of that fact.”
But if the positives of cotton aren’t compelling enough to put re-useable bags on your
promotional wish list, Steve Anderson thinks we would do well to consider the
potential negatives of plastic: “Your marketing department is not going to be best
pleased to see its branded plastic bag wrapped around the neck of a dying seabird on
a public beach. It’s an extreme example I know but it’s also a realistic one. You can
no longer think about just getting your name out there by any means available. You
have to think carefully about the platform you use to achieve that and, in the world of
bags, there remains nothing to beat cotton.”
Contact
Keepme Bags
10 Quadrant Court
Crossways Business Park
Greenhithe
Kent DA9 9AY
Tel: 01322 381144
Email: sales@keepmebags.com
Web: www.keepmebags.com
Picture caption: The UK’s first ‘Plastic Bag Free Day’ is a sure sign that the
benefits of the cotton bag are receiving even greater public recognition
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Editor’s notes
About KeepMe Promotions
KeepMe Promotions provides innovative promotional merchandise and design
services to the corporate sector.
The company has been working to counteract the wastefulness of the throwaway
culture ever since its inception in 2004. Steve Anderson, joint MD of the company
and one of the largest bag suppliers in the UK, aims to supply a superior alternative to
conventional plastic bags by offering a re-useable product that is both practical and
cost-effective.
The company is fostering a culture of recycling, re-use and regeneration that goes
right to the heart of everything it does. Every single custom-printed bag or box
ordered from Keepme Bags results in a tree being planted in the UK, plus a
personalised certificate for the client, to testify to the sustainability of the purchase.
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