The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Welcome to Modbury, England, population 1500. It's a quiet town in the Devon hills not far from the sea. There are three churches, three pubs,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 31/05/2008
Sleepy Devon? In Modbury they know how to get things done. By Clive Aslet.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
A year after Modbury in southwestern England became the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags, Hannah Pool pays a visit to see how life has changed for shoppers and traders. What will the residents target next? The town of Modbury in the county of Devon, in south-west England, is an unlikely spot for a revolution. Nestled on the South Hams coast, 27 kilometres east of Plymouth, it is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Last May Day Modbury in Devon became the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags. Now, on this anniversary, we revisit the town to see the impact that the ban has had on the shopkeepers and businesses in the area. And the answer: once they had got rid of the plastic they realised that food packaging was another link in the chain. The butcher now packs meat in biodegradable corn-starch bags and switched...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
A year after Modbury in Devon became the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags, Hannah Pool pays a visit to see how life has changed for shoppers and traders
Stephen Newton's diary of sorts... (Free subscription) | 29/02/2008
Some people have been campaigning against plastic bags for ages. The Co-op’s banned plastic bags in Devon and Cornwall, still in that neck of the woods, Modbury is the first town to ban plastic bags and councillor Sheila Newman hasn't given up on banning plastic bags here in Chorlton. All great stuff! And all will be surprised [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/01/2008
Thanks to one woman, Modbury in Devon is Britain's first plastic-bag-free town, and supermarkets are clamouring for her services. Louise Carpenter reports
10,000 Birds (Free subscription) | 25/11/2007
A little while ago I read a report about a small town in the South Devon called Modbury, that in a project driven by Rebecca Hosking (a freelance camerawoman with the BBC Natural History Unit) had become completely “plastic-bag free”: in other words in a first for the UK local traders had all agreed not [...]
Green Business Blog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2007
The grass roots campaign to ban the plastic bag, that all too powerful symbol of consumer waste and environmental degradation, is on the march. According to a recent article in The Guardian the trail-blazing Devon town of Modbury has enjoyed...
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2007
The lights went out across South Devon yesterday morning when 23,611 homes lost their power. A fault in Plympton sub-station, near Plymouth, meant that houses across Plymouth, Modbury, Ivybridge, Ermington and Lee Mill were left ...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 24/09/2007
Modbury in Devon was the little trailblazer and now all 33 Boroughs have got together to ask us the big question: should the plastic shopping bag be banned in London? The stats are pretty shocking. We really do take placcy bags for granted. Over 13 billion bags are issued to shoppers each year which works out at at least 220 per person in the UK although, it actually feels a lot more to us. Unfortunately,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/09/2007
Leader: Today we report on the extraordinarily rapid growth of the plastic-bag-free movement which began in Modbury in Devon only six months ago.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/09/2007
Environment Revolution which began in Modbury, Devon, taken up in 50 other areas.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/09/2007
Revolution which began in Modbury, Devon, taken up in 50 other areas.
