In Chirpy we’re embracing the new focus on becoming plastic free.

Many of our suppliers are now offering us the chance to have their cards ‘naked’ - that doesn’t mean rude cards, just not wrapped in a plastic sleeve. In fact some suppliers aren’t even giving us the choice and are moving to deliver all their new cards plastic free!

It’s great news environmentally as ever little thing we can do will help, but I have to say we did have reservations to begin with! How will we store & display them, will they get more easily damaged and dog eared, will we end up wasting the damaged ones, will people then take more bags to protect them?

Overall our fears have been allayed - the cards are staying in perfect condition on the shelf and if not then we will give customers a fresh card and actually most customers are not asking for bags. We’re still working out the perfect way to display & store them, and when we eventually get new display shelves then this will be the most important consideration but all in all it’s been a really positive experience.

So next time you’re in Chirpy, check out the dedicated shelf for plastic free ‘naked’ Birthday cards and you’ll also find other occasion cards without plastic sleeves too, including lots of our Valentine’s cards

What’s more, many of our stationery suppliers are starting to provide their stationery, such as notepads, list pads etc without plastic sleeves.

We’re delighted to be blazing the trail in Chapel Allerton with this new way of supplying environmentally sustainable cards to our customers! Hope you like them too! We’d love to hear you’re feedback