OVER 200 people have pledged to reduce the number of plastic bags they use in the first week of the County Gazette's new green campaign.

We're calling on readers to send us their commitment to cut their plastic bag usage by at least 25% - and everyone who does will be in with a chance of winning a limited edition jute bag - click on the link above to make YOUR pledge.

At midday on yesterday, the grand total stood at 216 pledges.

Fifty of those who pledged have been randomly selected to win a free, limited edition jute bag featuring our Somerset Green Family logo - to see if you've won, click on the link below.

Everyone who makes a pledge is automatically entered into our weekly draw for a free jute bag - and don't worry, there's no need to re-enter, everyone who has made a pledge and hasn't yet received a bag will be in the weekly draw.

Ken Bird, Editor-in-Chief of the County Gazette, said: "Thank you to everyone who has pledged - it's a fantastic start but we want even more!

"We're hoping everyone will join our crusade to help look after our beautiful county."

Plastic bags make up 1% of all the household waste in the county - that's 800 tonnes of bags every year.

  • HERE'S a list of everyone else who pledged to reduce their plastic bag usage this week.

All the names will be entered into a draw to win a jute bag - check next week's County Gazette to see if you're a winner! PLEDGE NAMES: Rebecca Tracey, Hambridge; Justine Baker, Taunton; Richard Stirling, Taunton; Rob Boon, Taunton, Taunton; Christine Adams, Taunton; J. McGill, Taunton; Joanne Crocker, Edington; Susan Bowey, Taunton; Carol Thorne, Wellington; Josephine Watson, Ilminster; Nicholas Dyer, Taunton; Sally Terry, Taunton; Rebecca Izzard, Taunton; Gill Stark, Taunton; Cathy Durbin, Bridgwater; Jennie Meadows, Taunton; Claire Sidwell, Taunton; Isabel McInnes, Taunton; Helen McInnes, Taunton; Jane Forbes, Taunton; David Kidd, Congresbury; Adrian Kidd, Taunton; Julie Kidd, Taunton; Mark Gridley, Taunton; Kay Oakley, Wiveliscombe; Alison Reid, Bridgwater; Claire Daw, Taunton; Tina Stodgell, Taunton; Liz Cann, Taunton; Lesley Richards, Taunton; Sue Alderman, Wellington; Melanie Payne, Bathpool; Patricia Shaw, Minehead; Tara Dearsley, Wellington; Zita Bate, Taunton; John Webber, Taunton; Douglas Tubb, Wellington; Joan Darch, Wellington; Mary Tubb, Wellington; Barry James, West Buckland; Gael Burns, Taunton; Lionel Thomas, Taunton; Karen Ham, Wellington; Clare Lamden, Taunton; Gordon Holley, Taunton; Hilary Russell, Wellington; John Russell, Wellington; Jason Shephard, Taunton; Rebecca Hall, Taunton; Maureen Holberry, Taunton; Sonya Morris, Taunton; William Redstone, Taunton; Mark Redstone, Taunton; Jane Redstone, Taunton; Sheila Dennett, Watchet; Margaret Parsons, Taunton; G Wide, Taunton; Joanna Sangster, Taunton; Louise Carter, Chard; Lyn Jones, Taunton; Sarah Frost, Bridgwater; Lisa Kirk, Ilminster; Andy Jones, Taunton; Nicola Jones, Taunton; Sue Hewes, Taunton; Liam Holley, Taunton; Kellie Holley, Taunton; Suzanne Oaten, Taunton; Rachel Robinson, Wellington; Karen Bissix, Taunton; Lucy Bryant, Taunton; Julie Bryant, Bridgwater; Patricia Laing, Taunton; Elaine Barrowman, Cotford St Luke; C. Baily, Chard; H. Hall, Taunton; Norman Gloyn, Willand; M. Reader, Trull; Ray Webber, Wellington; Gwen Raeburn, Bridgwater; Hazel Pendered, Taunton; A. Rooke, Wellington; Mary Clarke, Taunton; Valerie Burnett, Bishops Lydeard; Mary Tubb, Wellington; A. Edwards, Taunton; Janet Dainton, Wellington; L. Collier, Taunton; Marian Dyer, Taunton; Anne Willmott, Taunton; Monica Hector, Taunton; Lorna Leyton, Taunton; Pam Millwood, Taunton; Jospehine Low, Brushford; David Homer, Taunton; Janet Nevada, Minehead; Wendy Davey, Taunton; Edwin Searle, Wellington; E. Woodland, Stoke St Gregory; John Moore, Ilminster; Nesta McLellan, Taunton; B. Cook, Taunton; Geri Perkins, Taunton; Kathy Ford, Taunton; Molly Birkett, Taunton; Leonard Bending, Taunton; Maureen Haw, Taunton; Phyllis Gillam, Taunton; Barbara Broom, Taunton; J. Jebb, Taunton; Christine Adams, Taunton; Gladys Stone, Taunton; Wendy Wilson, Taunton; Diana Littlejohn, Taunton; Joy James, Taunton; Mr and Mrs Peters, Taunton; Sylvia Jakubowski, Taunton; Judy Powell, Wellington; M. Webb, Taunton; John Castle, Taunton; Rosemary Morrell, Taunton; Z. Bellamy, Nynehead; Flora Baker, Taunton; Mrs S. Wild, Taunton; Shirley Sawyer, Taunton; Shirley Pike, Taunton; Leesa Davidson, Taunton; Jayne Williams, Bedminster; Helen Williamson, Taunton; Gaye Millar, Taunton; Cheryl Lowman, Taunton; Iris Bird, Taunton; Freda Jordan, Taunton; E.H. Grant, Stoke St Gregory; J. Bell, Taunton; Debra Yard, Taunton; Valerie White, Taunton; Jennie Toze, Minehead; P. Durrant, Burrowbridge; Elizabeth Atkins, Taunton; Susan Small, Bridgwater; B. Parsons, Taunton; Isobel Barron, Cannington; John Morris, Taunton; Andrea Savage, Taunton; Alison Vaughan, Williton; M. Coleman, Taunton; Paul Gray, Wellington; June Milton, Taunton; Audrey Bull, Bridgwater; Cynthia Whyte, Trull; Marion Parker, Taunton; Ann Paton, Taunton; I. Ash, Taunton; Vivien Clarke, Oake; C. Vowles, Bridgwater; Jeanie Knight, Wellington; Audrey Bruford, Taunton; B. Lodge, Taunton; Linda Chedzoy, Oake; B. Dennis, Taunton; S. Western, Taunton; Mary Mitchell, Taunton; Audrey Slack, Taunton; Audrey Cooksley, Ilminster; Joyce George, Alcombe.