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Objective 2

Local Businesses

Independently owned businesses in your community remove at least three single-use items

Objective 3
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REQUIREMENTS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVE 2

Help spread the word

  1. At least three single-use plastic items removed from local businesses and retailers.

    Your target number of businesses are determined by population size.

Removing the option to buy or use throwaway plastics is the easiest way to avoid them

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How?

Identify and remove at least three single-use plastic items being used in local businesses. Encourage businesses to research sustainable alternatives fully so they know what they are swapping to and how to dispose of them properly. This objective will be met when the target number of businesses has been reached, for more tips check out our Plastic Free Communities Podcast on Objective Two below.

Here are a few suggestions:

  • Approach local businesses and discuss the importance of Plastic Free Communities. Use your Business Toolkit to help them find ways to reduce single-use plastics.
  • Make supportive businesses Plastic Free Champions. Once you have achieved approved status – so do they! Creating a buzz around the movement locally will drive custom from supportive members of the public more likely to spend in plastic-free businesses.
  • Encourage business to ‘not give a fork’ and only give out certain items on request. Businesses will be surprised by how much they save in money and waste.
  • Listen to our Plastic Free Communities Podcast on Objective Two here:

Music: Nick Mears

Why?

Encouraging refill and reuse will bring about a change in behaviour and reduce the amount of throwaway plastic in our society.

In recognition of what they've done to help free their community from single-use, we will provide certificates and window stickers for businesses to display.

Tips for working with local businesses

  1. Pop in and have a chat. Give them a copy of the SAS Business Toolkit.
  2. Keep in touch, encourage them and celebrtate what they are doing on social media
  3. Get them to tackle the three easiest items first and draw up a plan for the rest
Objective 1
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