National Trust becomes UK’s largest membership body to ditch plastic from its 5m iconic members’ card

The National Trust has become the UK’s largest membership organisation to ditch plastic from millions of its iconic members’ cards, as the charity marks its 125th anniversary. From next week, the charity will begin to remove 12.5 tonnes of plastic, equivalent to two African elephants, from its 5m annually issued membership cards, which will now be made from a super-strength paper. It is thought to be the first time in the UK that the new, entirely recyclable and compostable material is being used for a membership card on such a…

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