Three members of Plastic Free Ferndown (PFF) along with volunteer Nick Pulford were inundated with unwanted plastic as shoppers left the tills. When unwrapping items, customers voiced their concerns about the quantity of unnecessary plastic in supermarkets in general.

Sainsbury’s Ferndown fully cooperated with, and offered all their support, to the national mass unwrap organised by Surfers Against Sewage, and implemented locally by PFF on Sunday 10 March. Forest FM came along to record an interview.

The overwhelming consensus was that it is time for change, and all the customers PFF spoke to agreed wholeheartedly with the cause.

Tim Sansom said, “There is too much plastic on food and we should consider how many years it will take to get rid of it.”

As Ben Cannon unwrapped his broccoli and handed the wrapper to Nick, he said, “This is a good cause.”

Ian Sellar couldn’t get the plastic off his celeriac quick enough, “totally unnecessary,” he said. And Amy Shaw didn’t want to go home and have the job of removing all the unwanted single use plastic bags and wrappers on her shopping to put straight into her own bin.