Time to stop adding to problem of plastic

In response to the article in last week’s Gazette [Council in plastics crackdown, Gazette, January 11], I would like to add my two bits.

Having heard about two young sisters who aimed to make last July a plasticfree month, I examined my use of plastics and resolved not to buy any more plastic items, where possible. I now have a nonplastic toothbrush (bamboo), use woven baskets rather than plastic boxes, and have reverted to using glass measuring jugs rather than plastic, just as an example.

Several years ago I saw a film alerting us to the problem of plastics in the seas. So it has been known for quite a while, and it is good that it is coming to the general public’s notice now, thanks to David Attenborough’s documentaries on the proliferation and accumulation of plastics in the ocean.

Of course plastics have grown to be very useful and ubiquitous – CD cases, bags, pens, car parts – the list is endless. We all must try to avoid acquiring plastic items, and recycle carefully what we have at this point. Let’s hope that the deposit scheme will be put into practice and be expanded. Marilyn Sansom Old Wives Lees Email showcase@thekmgroup.co.uk with your photo attached. Include a detailed caption and your full name, address and telephone number.

station, where the locomotive started work in 1830, and where it would be seen and enjoyed by many more people than it will be in Whitstable. If you care that Canterbury is to lose this historic locomotive, do contact your councillor before it is too late. Jan Pahl St Dunstan’s Terrace, Canterbury