GLASGOW firms are being urged to take steps to reduce plastic and save their business money.
The Chamber of Commerce is joining forces with Glasgow Over Plastic, to encourage businesses to improve the environment and reduce costs from single use items by signing up to an online pledge this week.
City firms already committed to the #SendPlasticPacking campaign include Locavore, Cauda and Young Enterprise Scotland.
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said “As part of our ambition to position Glasgow as a leading circular city, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is committed to reducing and eliminating our own reliance on single-use plastic.
“Through our campaign #SendPlasticPacking, we hope to build a movement amongst the city’s businesses to reduce single-use plastic while raising awareness of the business benefits of going plastic free.”
More than 40 companies, including Britain’s biggest supermarkets, Coca Cola, Nestle and Procter & Gamble, have bowed to growing pressure to tackle pollution by committing to cut plastic use over the next seven years.
Businesses can sign up to the pledge at www.circularglasgow.com/plastic-free-july
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