Plastic Free Farnham  is a group of volunteers aiming to reduce plastic in Farnham. We work with businesses, organisations and local councils reducing their use of plastic - they are our partners. We provide a public platform to our partners, provide resources and most importantly recognise and celebrate swaps away from plastic made in our town. 

Businesses can work towards our Bronze, Silver or Gold awards. Depending on the award, they will remove three types of plastic from their operations, support Plastic Free Farnham and write up their journey in a statement. 

Organisations may be charities, schools or small community groups and therefore we have a slightly different approach for them. We ask them to keep in touch with us and sign our pledge. The pledge commits them to reducing plastic or asking their members to make their best efforts if no plastic is used in the organisation.

In October 2024, Surfers Against Sewage accredited Farnham as the first Plastic Free Community in Surrey. Our volunteers developed more than 40 partnerships over three years leading up to this achievement and we thank everyone who has supported us on the way. 

So, what’s next? We will continue supporting the existing partnerships we have and develop new ones. We also welcome communities outside of Farnham to get in touch to see how you can make a difference in your local area. We would love to share what we have learnt so far and how you can become a Plastic Free Community as well.