Ecologist calls for plastics ban in cemetery
Alison Fure is asking the council to begin phasing out plastic decorative items, including flowers.
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"The immediate concern is the plastics becoming microplastics. The mowers churn up plastic leaves and petals and it gets embedded over the years."
— Alison Fure , Activist
"You don't want people laying in a landfill site."
— Alison Fure , Activist
"I think the council would be surprised that the situation has gotten so badly out of hand."
— Alison Fure , Activist
"Everything ends up blowing down the bank and into the river."
— Alison Fure , Activist
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Alison Fure is asking the council to begin phasing out plastic decorative items, including flowers.
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