If you want to get involved, please get in touch with us.

Chesham lies on the River Chess in the South Buckinghamshire. Set in the Chiltern Hills, Chesham still has many of the beech trees that gave rise to its brush making industry. The town still boasts a good number of unique shops.

With a population of more than 20,000 and over 100 town centre shops - there are a lot of plastic bags in Chesham.

In March 2005, Chesham became the first Fair Trade town in Bucks. Let's make it the first Bucks town to go plastic bag free.

On May 9th, we will be outside Sainsbury's encouraging the shoppers to 'try something new' and carry their own shopping bags! We will be in the car park to discuss the reasons behind the campaign and why we want to make Chesham a Plastic Bag Free town.

Our thanks to Julie White in PR for helping us in this venture and to store manager, Mark Jacklin, for letting us promote the campaign.

Future Dates

September 6th we will be at Hazeldene Farm's open day.

September 12th we will be in town for what promises to be a very special day. More about that later!

The Chesham PBF Bag

Make your own summer outfit from our Chesham PBF bags!

The best thing about the Chesham PBF bags, apart from the word Chesham on both sides, is that they are FAIRTRADE and made from ORGANIC cotton. see more...

Please support the shops selling our new bag or click on the bag and place an order on this site.

The Story So Far

To find out what we have achieved and what we are planning, please see our About page.

Keep up with the Latest news and other stories in our Blog

If you would like to get involved please get in touch with us.

How You Can Help Chesham Become Plastic Bag Free

• Carry your own shopping bag to the shops
• Say "No, thank you" when offered a plastic carrier
• Register your support on our survey form

Please help us by registering your support on our survey form. The more support we can show the better for the cause.

If you are a shopper: Start carrying your own shopping bag with you. Let our shops know that you would rather they offered alternative shopping bags.

If you are a shopkeeper: Let us now how we can help you provide alternative shopping bags. A big thank you to all retailers who are displaying our postcard in support.