A campaign to fight plastic use is set to continue in Bishops Castle today (Friday, October 19), as the town strives to achieve 'plastic-free' status over the next 12 months.

The town's monthly litter picking group will be led by Lissi Swales and meets at the Auction Yard at 10am.

The Fight the Plastic campaign is led by local environmentalist David Luckhurst as part of the Bishops Castle Community Partnership.

Their work goes towards a 12-month plan for the town to achieve Plastic Free Community status.

The Fight the Plastic campaign was launched in February in response to David Attenborough’s compelling ‘Blue Planet’ series which highlighted plastic pollution’s devastating impact on the world’s oceans.

“Our aim is to reduce unnecessary use of plastics and the growing plastic leakage into our environment,” said Mr Luckhurst.

“To do all this we need to raise some funds. Help support us to make this happen by pledging what you can and sharing our project with colleagues, friends and family,” said Mr Luckhurst.

The work follows on from an earlier event., held on October 5 and 6, in which residents took part in a two-day Fight the Plastic Days of Action event to highlight the situation and get the message across in Bishops Castle.

A crowdfunding site has been set up at www.fighttheplastic.org.uk