Diss is aiming to follow Aylsham's lead and become plastic bag-free.
A total of 50 representatives from both local shops and national chains attended a meeting on Tuesday as part of South Norfolk Council's
Say No to Plastic Bags campaign.
Aylsh
am goes plastic bag free in May and Tony Palmer, district councillor and chairman of Diss' Cittaslow committee said he would like to see this town do the same.
"Those at the meeting were quite enthusiastic talking about it and I announced that it was going to be part of Cittaslow," he said.
"There seems to be an almost subconcious desire to do something to reduce the use of plastic bags."
South Norfolk Council chairman Joe Mooney said he welcomed healthy competition between the market towns to become the first to be free of plastic bags."
Shops in Diss are already taking steps to reduce the usage of plastic bags.
"We have a lot of customers who bring in their unwanted plastic bags and we recycle them," said Julie Maskell, co-owner of Larter and Ford.
"There is a lot of stuff that we sell that we use paper bags for."
The Oxfam shop in Market Hill sells a selection of alternative shopping bags.
"Oxfam took the initiative last year that it wasn't going to buy any more plastic bags," said manager Sue Morgan.
Peter Morley, manager of Morrisons in Diss said the store had one of the highest sales figures for 'bags for life' in southern England.
"I have never known a shop like it where people are so into recycling," he said.
