How many hundreds of years did we buy and consume food before plastic packaging existed? Why should it be a problem now?
How many hundreds of years did we buy and consume food before plastic packaging existed? Why should it be a problem now?
How many hundreds of years did we buy and consume food before plastic packaging existed? Why should it be a problem now?
Because there are several billion of us and most of us neither grow our own food or live near a farm
And it used to be a major problem hence why famine and bread riots play such a significant role in shaping history.
Does require you use fuel to get to one tho, we do ours all online since it saves driving there (works out cheaper on petrol alone) and all the time associated when I can duplicate another order and just change a few things to fit. Would be useful if soft plastic recycling was included as the usual recycling run as a separate one since it would have so many more people adding to it so they are not stuffing it into the landfill bin which helps it not overflow and cause issues.Also, recycling is not the answer and not having the plastic packaging in the first place is much better, but just in case anyone doesn't know, you can take your soft plastics (film, bubble wrap etc) to most supermarkets now for recycling. There's usually some kind of receptacle in the doorway. We've been doing this for about a year and it is an immense amount of plastic. We hardly ever put our landfill bin out now.
Does require you use fuel to get to one tho, we do ours all online since it saves driving there (works out cheaper on petrol alone) and all the time associated when I can duplicate another order and just change a few things to fit. Would be useful if soft plastic recycling was included as the usual recycling run as a separate one since it would have so many more people adding to it so they are not stuffing it into the landfill bin which helps it not overflow and cause issues.
Cornwall is just switching over to the limited landfill bins, that would certainly help a lot with the transition just putting these things in the right recycling bin rather than relying on people taking it to another location. Especially since the nearest supermarket just closed their recycling bit where you could drop off glass/paper/cardboard/cans/etc and its a tiny Sainsburys that seems to have fuck all in whilst being surprisingly expensive so you can't do a full shop anyway.
The woeful state of recycling is partly to blame. I phoned Northumberland council to find out what they wanted my ancient parents to do with all the easily recycled glass that they could no longer drive to drop off, their answer was just put it in the landfill bin as it would get sorted at the dump. They were not going to start kirbside glass collections any time soon. Just how difficult would some consistency be across the country.
i always value your input on this subject, thanksI bet they're lying about that too ..............and it is shit.
The woeful state of recycling is partly to blame. I phoned Northumberland council to find out what they wanted my ancient parents to do with all the easily recycled glass that they could no longer drive to drop off, their answer was just put it in the landfill bin as it would get sorted at the dump. They were not going to start kirbside glass collections any time soon. Just how difficult would some consistency be across the country.
They'll be singing the praises of indoor plumbing next.You're one of those "vaccines and electricity" types, I can tell.
Sadly not enough at this stage - except as power station fuel ... and even if we dispose of it properly here, somewhere else, raw pellets are spilling into the ocean from shipping mishaps..So much plastic waste, and it does have some sort of value
June 22 (Reuters) - Tiny plastic packets known as sachets have allowed companies to tap millions of low-income customers in the developing world but also unleashed a global pollution crisis.
A Reuters investigation has found that London-listed Unilever plc (ULVR.L), a pioneer in selling sachets, has privately fought to derail bans on the problematic packaging despite saying publicly it wants to "get rid of" them.
Here's what you need to know about sachets.
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Do you know how clean the soft plastics need to be? I always make sure mine are clean but I’m using water and often soap to clean them.
Not really I'm afraid, as I've never been involved in recycling them. But the rule for everything else (at least in Suffolk) is rinsed clean and no visible pieces of food. I don't think it needs to be spotless. Cat food pouches are the worst!
I didn't know about the sachet economy We're fucked, aren't we.
Morning, so the latest shop to shortly close in Tooting is the brilliant refill station BYO in Tooting Market.
They're looking for someone to take it over, I think it would work really well as a social enterprise.
Hopefully someone will take it over, much of the stock is cheaper than shopping in the sinister supermarkets that really do not have your best interests at heart and of course it goes without saying that a world with less plastic is a better world.
Don't just like the idea of knowing these shops are close by, all the independents are slowly disappearing.
Anyone interested in a collaboration/collective to take BYO over, would love to hear from you.
We have a couple of refill shops near me but they work out more expensive than buying packets.
Why?? Is it because it’s middle class or something?
Why am I paying a premium to make the extra effort to go the extra mile (literally…) to the Extra-shop that charges me extra for being able to package up my own nuts and honey ? And why is there no tommy K or white sugar? Why is it all hippy food?
The whole thing is gimmicky when it ought to be standard practice, or at the very least a realistic alternative to more normal shopping.
I am pretty sure that the whole plan for national consistency in recycling was scrapped by Sunak. This was the whole 'we've stopped you having to have seven bins' nonsense last year.I bet they're lying about that too :/ I used to work in recycling so I can tell you that local authorities have been waiting for the gov to release new regs on consistency in recycling, that everyone is expecting will make all English councils collect glass at the kerbside. However the gov has been sitting on it for literally years, so councils are reluctant to make any big changes in the meantime. Last I heard it had been watered down too. So. Don't hold your breath but you are absolutely correct and it is shit.
This is it. it could be forced on supermarkets by law. But it wontWhy am I paying a premium to make the extra effort to go the extra mile (literally…) to the Extra-shop that charges me extra for being able to package up my own nuts and honey ? And why is there no tommy K or white sugar? Why is it all hippy food?
The whole thing is gimmicky when it ought to be standard practice, or at the very least a realistic alternative to more normal shopping.
I am pretty sure that the whole plan for national consistency in recycling was scrapped by Sunak. This was the whole 'we've stopped you having to have seven bins' nonsense last year.
Another reason to boycott the fuckers.Unilever plc, a pioneer in selling sachets, has privately fought to derail bans on the problematic packaging despite saying publicly it wants to "get rid of" them.
Not nearly as much as it wanted to get rich in the selling of them in the first place. Yes, we are fucked