Frasers Fish & Chips

Name: Pete Fraser, Owner

Action to Date:

• Using cardboard boxes for takeaways
• Wooden forks
• Paper straws
• Reuse large ice-cream tubs for other storage
• Paper bags
• Have been challenging their suppliers – particularly fishing to request no plastic wrapping
• Swapping to cans and glass bottles for takeaway drinks

Proposed Action:

• Looking into Refill Cornwall
• Will talk to current tea supplier about their plans for removing plastic from tea bags
• Trial condiments in paper pots, rather than individual plastic sachets

“We need to embrace the reputation Penzance is getting as a plastic-free town while it’s such a big topic in the press. Sometimes I feel that we lose out to places like St Ives, Falmouth and Padstow, but this is a great opportunity to create a really unique selling point that we can all be proud of.

“There are over 10,000 fish and chip shops in the UK so if I can show that it’s possible to reduce single-use plastic it could have a big impact overall. For businesses who are hesitant to sign up, I would encourage them to think about their triple bottom line which puts equal importance on environmental and community benefits as well as financial performance”