10am-2pm, Castle Street and The Plain, Thornbury
Come and indulge in a celebration of food in Thornbury. Castle Street is being closed off to allow local food suppliers and caterers to display their products and services. There'll be plenty to see, try and buy.
This event is being organised by the Thornbury Chamber of Commerce, and has been arranged in conjunction with the Thornbury Arts Festival.
www.mythornbury.co.uk/thornbury_f...
10am-2pm, Castle Street and The Plain, Thornbury
Come and indulge in a celebration of food in Thornbury. Castle Street and the Plain are being closed off to allow local food suppliers and caterers to display their products and services. There'll be plenty to see, try and buy.
This event is organised by Thornbury Chamber of Commerce.
www.mythornbury.co.uk/thornbury_f...
Sustainable Thornbury's Plastic Bag-Less Thornbury Campaign
We undertook a survey to try to establish the success of our campaign to reduce plastic bags in Thornbury last year. We were heartened to find that of 200 people surveyed, 83% were carrying reusable shopping bags and 93% of traders reported to us that they had had to buy fewer bags since the campaign started.
Many of the traders have changed their behaviour too (charging for bags, not offering bags, only using biodegradable or compostable bags).
Sustainable Thornbury asked everyone to look at what we, in Thornbury, could do to reduce the number of plastic bags.
The Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce got together with Sustainable Thornbury to develop the first ever town bag. It is made from sustainable jute and is a Fairtrade product. The bag went on sale for the first time at the launch of Sustainable Thornbury's campaign to get people to carry their own bag and reduce plastic bag use. Now it is on sale at several shops in the town and at the Town Hall.
At the launch event, Sustainable Thornbury gave away over 70 reusable bags in exchange for the plastic bags recovered in the amnesty, and sold town bags as well.
The logo on the bag was designed by Anna Head a pupil at Castle School and refined by a professional designer (Damon Mahoney, Station Design) working with the school.
On behalf of Sustainable Thornbury, the Chair of the Chamber of Commerce and the Mayor and members of the Town Council presented students and the designer with their personal copies of the bag as a thank you for their work for the town.
Sustainable Thornbury recognises that eliminating unnecessary plastic is a joint effort by shoppers and traders. Our campaign is aimed equally at changing the expectations of shoppers and helping traders to meet them. You can do your bit by supporting those traders that are meeting the challenge. Watch for our window stickers to tell you who they are. Especially you can carry a shopping bag with you so that you can say ‘no’ to plastic.
Together, we can achieve a better environment.
For more information about Sustainable Thornbury’s Plastic Bag Campaign or to ask for more assistance in moving away from plastic packaging please ring 01454 416778 or email
Membership of Sustainable Thornbury is free and open to anyone living or working in Thornbury and surrounding villages. If you would like to join, please email
