National Trust ditches plastic on five million member cards
anxiety is just through the roof now. I can’t do this anymore. I would appeal to the mothers and fathers of these young people to help stop this. I put posts up on social media nearly every night about this type of behaviour and the chat back I get is unbelievable.
“Some of them call me names, they shout at me that they are going to put my windows through. My six-year-old son is too afraid to stay here. And so am I now.
“If I could talk to those who did this I would tell them to catch themselves on. How would they like it if it was their front door and their family?”
Bronagh, who was treated for shock after the incident, said: “I thought when I was standing there with my baby in my arms that there is no way out for us.
“There is just no other way out besides the front door.
“I thought that was it for us, that I can’t get this baby out. If my door is on fire, that is it.
“I could see the flames and smoke from the balcony coming across the window we were standing at.
“I could see the fire getting bigger and bigger and I couldn’t see a way out.
“I have never been as terrified in all my life,” the young mother added.
Police said that they are investigating the incident.
“The NIFRS attended and extinguished a fire in a bin in a communal landing area of flats in Galliagh Park on Friday night,” said a PSNI spokesperson.
“No damage was caused to the landing or stairs.
“A woman in her 20s who had been trapped, along with her baby, inside a flat by the burning bin was treated for shock.
“Officers are appealing for witnesses and can be contacted on 101, quoting reference 1990 21/02/20.”
THE National Trust has ditched plastic for the annual membership card it sends out to five million members, it has announced.
The new card will be made from durable paper featuring a tough water based coating, with the paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and they are produced in a mill powered by its own biomass.
It will avoid the use of 12.5 tonnes of plastic from around five million membership cards which are issued annually, the trust said.
The new cards will be entirely recyclable and compostable, as well as a fraction of the cost of the old cards, which were made of plastic and chalk, a by-product of the mining industry.
The National Trust said the move is part of a range of measures it is bringing in to protect the environment and tackle the climate crisis, which surveying shows is backed by the majority of its members.
Mel Nursaw, from the Trust’s membership team, said: “Replacing our membership cards is a great step towards helping to reduce our impact on the environment, which we know is an important issue for so many of our supporters.”
At the end of the year, the new membership card can be composted, or thrown away with paper as part of regular recycling.
In total, the National Trust now has almost six million members, including children and life members who do not receive an annual card. The trust is also currently exploring how to transfer its physical cards to digital ones. Elsewhere, it is looking at removing plastic from greeting cards and wrapping paper, looking at alternatives to plastic tree guards and trialling drink dispensers to reduce the sale of bottled drinks.