THE vision of a plastic free Lyme Regis continues as more residents and businesses find out how to go green.

Plastic Free Lyme Regis held their second meeting, which brought together local organisations for an open discussion exploring the benefits of being eco-friendly.

Polly Benfield, part of Turn Lyme Green and the Plastic Free Lyme Regis initiative, introduced local speakers who gave an overview of their experiences of making environmentally-friendly changes ot their businesses.

Toby Guiducci, owner of the Albany guest house, told the group that they had included their own handmade in-house toiletries for guests, such as shampoo and bath gel.

A shared fridge for visitors offered water for bottle refills and fresh milk for teas and coffees, but no plastic pots of UHT milk were available.

The Marine Theatre manager, Sophie Moseley, said that they used ceramic crockery and glasses wherever possible, had stopped using single plastic straws and no beverages were sold in plastic bottles.

The need to recruit more businesses to the Refill scheme was also brought up. This involves businesses refilling people’s reusable bottles with water.

Caroline Richards, of Litter Free Coast and Sea, said that anyone who wanted to join the scheme would be very welcome and also spoke of the other projects Litter Free Coast and Sea managed. These included ‘Don’t Feed the Locals’, a project to prevent seagulls from harassing people for food, ‘Only Rain Down the Drain’, and ‘Don’t be a Tosser’ to tackle littering.

Polly then introduced the ‘Supporters Scheme’, a new initiative for Lyme Regis which recognises ‘a commitment to sustainability and the careful management of resources and utilities, including reducing the use of single-use plastics, and an involvement in Plastic Free Lyme Regis and Turn Lyme Green’.

The Supporters Scheme acknowledges that businesses of any type can be involved in caring for our environment, not just food outlets.

Anyone wanting to join the scheme should email info@plasticfreelymeregis.uk and to find out more information, visit www.plasticfreelyme.uk