QUEEN guitar legend Brian May's official here has posted the following press release:

We Are What We Do, the global social change movement behind the best selling book Change the World For A Fiver and the Anya Hindmarch I’m Not A Plastic Bag project, is delighted to welcome Freddie Mercury (QUEEN) as the latest supporter of its Plastic Ain’t My Bag campaign to end the use of single-use, disposable plastic bags.

Yesterday’s budget included plans to introduce legislation in 2009 imposing a charge on carrier bags if a reduction in bag use does not come about on a voluntary basis. We Are What We Do believes that small actions x lots of people = BIG change and it is pleased to see that politicians are now highlighting the importance of an issue already being supported by shoppers and retailers.

From today, Freddie’s statue outside the Dominion Theatre in London, host to the Queen-Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You, will sport a giant cotton shopping bag, proudly displaying the campaign message Plastic Ain’t My Bag.

“We think Freddie would have embraced the message, despite his passion for the art of shopping,” says We Will Rock You General Manager Peter Gibbon Hansen. “Let’s not forget that years ago Freddie was writing songs on the subject of taking stock of our environment, songs such as ‘Is This The World We Created’ which he and Brian sang at Live Aid.” The Dominion Theatre has started charging for the carrier bags it uses and is currently developing its own re-usable shopping bag. “We Will Rock You was one of the first shows in the West End to adopt a greener operating policy, something that has already been recognised by the office of the Mayor of London,” adds Peter Gibbon Hansen.

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