July 20, 2018 / Uncategorized

Meridian Energy – Power Up – Plastic Bag Free Raglan

In the midst of Plastic-Free July, we wanted to share this fantastic story about how the Raglan community have managed to reduce their plastic bag use by 95% in the last year. We’re really pleased that funding from our Power Up community funds has helped them achieve this amazing result.

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