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Plastic Bag Free HighburyBarnLet's make Highbury Barn the 2nd Islington area to do without plastic |
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Your guide to going plastic bag free at Highbury Barn
Dear Trader Can you help sort out our plastic bag problem? Plastic bags cost traders money to give out and they make lethal litter. In London 1.6 billion plastic bags are handed out by shopkeepers each year (and just 0.05% are recycled). The rest end up in landfill where they can take 1,000 years to rot down . The info below will help you find wholesale suppliers of alternatives to plastic bags. Could you switch to paper, corn starch or potato starch bags instead of giving out plastic bags? Could you wait for customers to ask before you give them a bag? Or could you reward customers who bring their own reusable bags in?
Why do this now? Well, a survey in December 2008 found that 8 out of 10 of your customers wanted Highbury Barn to go plastic bag free, and nearly every one asked would pay a few pence for a biodegradable bag. More than 100 towns are already either plastic bag free or working towards this. Even in nearby Newington Green, shops are on the way to becoming plastic bag free. With your help Highbury Barn could be the first shopping zone in Islington to say goodbye to dishing out plastic bags that are likely to be thrown away soon after your customer gets home . Even the supermarkets are starting to charge for bags, so people are getting used to this idea.
If you want local shoppers to help your store or restaurant give up plastic please contact Cinzia, cisarigu@hotmail.com or.www.plasticbagfreehighburybarn.co.uk
Contents 1 Potato starch biodegradable bags 2 Corn starch biodegradable bags 3 Biodegradable food bags 4 Biodegradable dry cleaning bags 5 Reusable cloth or jute bags 6 Paper bags 7 Newspaper bags 8 They're working on a plastic bag free Highbury Barn
1.POTATO STARCH BIODEGRADABLE BAGS Saipac www.saipac.com/beta/home Price Potato starch bags ( Biodegradable Bags) - 5-6 pence each Tel: 0208 553 4050/0208 553 5151 Email: sales@saipac.com
Compi sax www.comp-bio.co.uk/bagsandliners.aspx Price Vest style carrier bag (430 x 465mm) £5.50 (50 0n a roll) Compostable nappy bag (430 x 465mm) £5.50 (50 0n a roll) Tel: 08453 936196 Email: info@comp-bio.co.uk
Biobags (Scotland) Ltd Full price list at www.biobags.co.uk Tel: 01467 651247 (enquiries between 1.30-5.30pm) sales@biobags.co.uk
Polybags ww.polybags.co.uk tel: 020 8575 8200 Biodegradable carrier bag 15”x18”, 260gauge £49.23 (for 100)
2. CORN STARCH BIODEGRADABLE BAGS a) London Biopackaging www.londonbiopackaging.com Price Cornstarch Medium- 6.7 pence each Cornstarch Large- 9.6 pence each (price based on buying case of 1000) Tel: 0207 471 3700/0208 969 8086 Suzanna/ Marcus/ Armelle
b) The Bin Company (UK) Ltd www.thebincompany.com 20 litre cornstarch 7p each wholesale (minimum order 51,000) or 9p each. Tel: 0845 6023 630, contact Stuart info@thebincompany.com ALSO see Biobags (Scotland) Ltd and Saipac (details in section 1 above)
3. BIODEGRADABLE FOOD BAGS (INCLUDING CORN STARCH BAGS)
The Bin Company www.thebincompany.com 0845 6023 630 Price 6 Litre Bio-Bag Kitchen Caddie Liners- £7.49+ VAT£1.12 (3 rolls, 90 bags) 10 Litre Bio-Bag Kitchen Caddie Liners- £6.08+VAT£0.91 (2 rolls, 50 bags) Biodegradable Nappy Bag- £7.39+VAT£1.11 (2 rolls, 50 bags) 30 Litre Bio-Bag Cornstarch Waste Bin Liners - £12.55+VAT£1.88 (50 bags)35 Litre Bio-Bag Cornstarch Waste Bin Liners - £14.05+VAT£2.11 (50 bags) 50 L Bio-Bag Waste Bin Liners (Cornstarch Bags) - £21.53+VAT£3.23 (2rolls, 64 bags) 80 L Bio-Bag Waste Bin Liners (Cornstarch Bags) - £21.81+VAT£3.27 (2 rolls, 40 bags) 140 L Bio-Bag Wheelie Bin Liners (CornstarchBags) £8.90+VAT£1.34 (1 roll, 10 bags) 240 L Bio-Bag Wheelie Bin Liners (Cornstarch) £10.48+VAT£1.57 (2rolls, 10 bags) Goodness direct www.goodnessdirect.co.uk Price d2w Black refuse sacks 20(37x71x83.5cm)- £1.60 inc VAT
Polybags www.polybags.co.uk 020 8575 8200 Price biodegradable clear bags(4" wide x 6" long x 150 gauge)- £27.73(1000-4000bags), £19.60(5000-9000bags), £14.04(10000-24000), £12.49(25000+) .1000 in batch biodegradable clear bags (6" wide x 8" long x 150 gauge) £30.31(1000-4000bags), £22.18 (5000-9000bags), £16.62 (10000-24000), £15.06 (25,000+) 1000 in batch biodegradable clear bags (9" wide x 12" long x 150 gauge) £38.50(1000-4000bags), £30.37 (5000-9000bags), £24.80 (10000-24000), £23.25 (25000+) 1000 in batch biodegradable clear bags(18" wide x 24" long x 150gauge) £58.07(1000-4000bags), £49.94 (5000-9000bags), £46.37 (10000-24000), £44.32 (25000+) 1000 in batch biodegradable clear bags(24" wide x 36" long x 150gauge) £47.82(500-2000bags), £39.69 (2500-4500bags), £34.12 (5000-12000), £33.57 (12500+) 500 in batch biodegradable clear bags(36" wide x 48" long x 150gauge) £50.80(250-1000bags), £42.67 (1250-2250bags), £37.11 (2500-6000), £35.56 (6250+) 250 in batch
4. BIODEGRADABLE DRY CLEANING BAGS Polybags www.polybags.co.uk Tel: 020 8575 8200 sales@polybags.co.uk Price Plain Laundry Bag (18" wide x 28" long -120 Gauge),£37.82(500-2000bags), £31.36 (2500-4500bags), £27.21 (5000-12000), £23.55 (12500+) - 500 in batch Printed Laundry Bag (18" wide x 28" long -120 Gauge),£45.65(500-2000bags), £39.83 (2500-4500bags), £35.16 (5000-12000), £31.24 (12500+) - 500 in batch
5.REUSABLE CLOTH OR JUTE BAGS Canby www.canby.co.uk Tel: 0845 277 0122 David Gould Price Jute - £1.10-£ 1.40 each for 2 sided print in 2 colours Organic cotton-£1 each (prices based on 1,000 print run plus set up charge)
Bags2Keep (supply Modbury, first town in the UK to go plastic bag free) www.bags2keep.co.uk tel 01579 349005 info@bags2keep.co.uk Heavy duty recycled cotton bag, £2.85 each. Organic fairtrade £4.25 each
Supreme Creations www.supreme-creations.co.uk 0208 903 8494 Organic cotton standard shopper £1.72 each for 1-col, £2.04 for 2-col Fairtade cotton £2.54, if organic £3.08 (prices based on 1,000 print run)
6. PAPER BAGS Carrierbagshop www.carrierbagshop.co.uk 08712 300 980 Forest Stewardship Council certified from well managed forests (but not recycled) paper carrier bags. Small brown twist paper 7p each; medium 12p each; large 14p each
Big Brown Carrier Bag www.bigbrowncarrierbag.co.uk 01409 220375 100 per cent recycled paper. Medium 9p each; large 11p each (5000 order)
London Biopackaging www.londonbiopackaging.com 0208 969 8086 Recycled brown carrier - Medium 7p each, large 8p each (see section 2 above)
7.NEWSPAPER BAGS Highbury News Bag www.highburynewsbag.com E-mail : highburynewsbag@hotmail.com Tel: 02073591824 Mobile: 07933394070 Handmade bags made in Highbury from recycled Newspapers. X-Small £1 each,Small £1 each,Medium £1.50 each, large £1.80 each. No minimum order. We can print your logo or design.
8 THEY'RE WORKING ON A PLASTIC BAG FREE HIGHBURY BARN “I wholeheartedly support all efforts to make Highbury Barn plastic bag free. Highbury is one of the great London neighbourhoods and its shops bring people together. And they're such good shops--no need to go to the supermarket: better deals, better time, better environment, better life all achieved by shopping in your own neighbourhood. The shops set standards in so many ways, so let's do it with plastic bags--get rid of them and make shopping in the Barn even less damaging.”
“I don't give out plastic bags. I support this idea 100 per cent.” Yehia El Nemer , owner of Oasis café, Highbury Fields
Did you know that since 1 June 2009 the Natural Health Store (Five Boys) charges customers 5p if they want a plastic bag? Godfreys the Butcher, La Fromagerie, Da Mario and Highbury Vintners all sell their own reusable bags?
“We always ask what bag customers want. We want to encourage people to bring their own bags so we don't automatically give plastic bags out. We also stock bio bags for composting and hope that soon we'll start using bags that customers can compost.” Woodland Hardware
Thanks retailers for all your hard work helping the Barn to go plastic bag free. This leaflet prepared by Yung Chu (Cecily) with Nicola, Orlando, Cindy and Neil. |
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Last updated 25/09/2009 |
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