COULD Fremantle become a plastic bag-free city?A campaign to drive sustainable use of plastics by businesses and residents was launched on Saturday, aiming to recognise businesses already avoiding supplying plastic bags and encourage others to follow suit.
Plastic Free Fremantle spokeswoman Lisa Griffin said she had originally envisaged Fremantle banning the use of plastic bags, but having spoken to businesses quickly realised that many were already taking steps to reduce their use.
“We thought why don’t we first off give recognition to those businesses already doing it,” she said.
“That would possibly make those businesses not doing it think twice and stop giving away plastic bags.”
On Saturday, the group gathered outside Old Shanghai food hall gathering signatures on a petition to gauge community support for the initiative.
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