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Nearly 900 sign petition to make High Wycombe an ethical trade town
11:31am Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News By James Nadal
Nearly 900 sign petition to make High Wycombe an ethical trade town
A PETITION with nearly 900 names has been handed to council bosses calling for High Wycombe to become a 'fairtrade' town.
Last night, members of the Wycombe for Fairtrade Steering Group handed over the document, which has attracted 866 signatures.
Supporters want Wycombe District Council to back the appeal.
To qualify for the status, the Fairtrade Foundation require five essential criteria are met.
Initially, the council must pass a resolution supporting it and serve Fairtrade products at meetings, which campaigners believe is already the case.
In the UK there are over 500 Fairtrade Towns.
Neighbouring towns including Slough, Reading, Henley, Aylesbury, Chesham and Watford already have gained the status.
Petition Organiser Michael King said: “By becoming a Fairtrade town it would demonstrate that Wycombe too is a place which supports business practices which are ethical and sustainable.”
Comments(7)
williamjames
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1:12pm Tue 2 Oct 12
A good Idea which we should all support.
Fair Trade equalls LESS AID!
J B Blackett
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1:30pm Tue 2 Oct 12
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Sort out the fair trade on your own patch first, politicians.
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Like low-grade dangerous and illegal toys and games for children on sale locally , almost rotten veg and fruit sold as ' bargains ' and folk charged £6 to £7.50 to change the battery on a digital watch (cost 4p of battery in an Aylesbury store).
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Fair trade should also apply to trade on home territory as well.
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But that's only my opinion. What do I know ?
faircuppa
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4:58pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Well done to the group for persevering, as well as your individual supporters there will be loads of groups, churches and shops that support you.
Lucky Eddie
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9:31am Wed 3 Oct 12
williamjames
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1:25pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Lucky Eddie wrote:At least there is a tea plantation in England, allbeit in Cornwall!
866 signatures from a population of over 92,000 is hardly compelling. That's 0.9%.
Coffee, well no, but what about the war time substitues of chicory and acorns?
J B Blackett
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12:44am Thu 4 Oct 12
Lucky Eddie wrote:Some of us babies can't write our own names you know , and some of them expressed no opinion. And a handful don't know what their name is.
866 signatures from a population of over 92,000 is hardly compelling. That's 0.9%.
A very small number have no name at all
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Only a very few can type (or read)
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We are about 8 % of the total population at the moment - and far outnumber those people who signed the petition.
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sai-diva says...
12:04pm Tue 2 Oct 12