A great little programme that Hugh and Anita did, what measures are you doing to reduce the use of plastic, post any good tips.
We moved to milk bottles being delivered a couple of years ago. All fruit and meat bought at local shops taking our own containers. Spices, nuts, liquid soap, detergents bought from refill shops in Chester or Knutsford, any in Stoke yet?
Is there a way they could use the plastic mountain waste stuff to fill the potholes in the roads there?
I have seen some countries using recycled plastic waste for roads, the UK seem light years behind others on things like this.
Before I went last year I saw on this old interweb people talking about potholes. Then when I got there it was a flow of chaotic craters. Can't they get on with it?
Plastic really isn't the problem with the world.A reusable plastic bag has less carbon footprint than a single use paper one.
The big difference is though that the re-usable plastic bag will at some point likely end up in the ground or the ocean where it will stay for 100's of years, the paper bag will degrade very quickly under the same circumstances. To say that plastic isn't a problem is nuts!
I live in a house with 30 households. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one(!!!) who is doing any recycling whatsoever.
I walk 450+450=900 meters each time to put the things to recycle, in certain containers (glass, coloured glass, hard plastic, cardboard boxes, metal, papers etc).
To throw away batteries, light bulbs and small elecctric worn out stuff I have to walk even further. To throw away furniture, tv, dishwasher and that, we have to go by car several kilometers.
But I've heard about some people who throw absolutely everything into the lake.
Post by rickyfullerbeer on Jun 28, 2019 7:26:05 GMT
When I go shopping I usually unpack most things as soon as I get home and the amount of plastic that goes straight into the bi per shop is astounding. Corporations really do not care.
We all do our bit and it makes us feel we are doing something at least. But the manufacturers, suppliers and supermarkets are the biggest culprits for using non recyclable plastics. Plastic bottles and recyclable plastics shouldn’t be a problem if it is recycled correctly. Our council have recently told the recycling collection operatives to leave behind any non recyclable plastics that are put out with the recycling stuff. I was gobsmacked on Wednesday to see a little pile left on the drive because it contained yogurt cartons, butter tubs, food trays that I just assumed was recyclable. That lot are now in the black bin for landfill. But all this is dwarfed by the hidden plastics contained in our every day lives.......detergents, , cosmetics, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioners and much more that eventually gets washed into the food chain via rivers and oceans. Plymouth University Marine Research Unit who lead research into our sealife and ocean ecology, recently stated that every fish they catch for research in and around the south west contains unacceptable levels of micro plastic. There’s more as well, teabags, wet wipes and even "eco friendly" paper cups, straws and other items for food that we think are good actually contain a layer of polymer plastic to prevent moisture contamination. IMHO I believe that this threat from plastic pollution is greater than the perceived global warming.
When I go shopping I usually unpack most things as soon as I get home and the amount of plastic that goes straight into the bi per shop is astounding. Corporations really do not care.
The only answer Ricky is total ban. Taxation and fining manufacturers and suppliers will only be passed onto us consumers in increased prices.
We should be encouraged to use a shopping trolley. I do and don't need a plastic bag
Doing a weekly shop without a trolley would be mighty difficult if not impossible Waggy. But this type of reusable bags are widely seen down here...................
A great little programme that Hugh and Anita did, what measures are you doing to reduce the use of plastic, post any good tips.
We moved to milk bottles being delivered a couple of years ago. All fruit and meat bought at local shops taking our own containers. Spices, nuts, liquid soap, detergents bought from refill shops in Chester or Knutsford, any in Stoke yet?
We should be encouraged to use a shopping trolley. I do and don't need a plastic bag
Doing a weekly shop without a trolley would be mighty difficult if not impossible Waggy. But this type of reusable bags are widely seen down here...................
Think he may be talking about a different sort of trolley LL, I took it to mean one of those things generally used by folks of advanced years, even more advanced than you
The Sky News report was extremely interesting in that you think you’re recycling but in fact it is/was basically shipped off to foreign shores contaminated with all sorts of mixed waste but we classified it as 100% recycled when we shipped it, there’s 1000’s of tonnes of our unusable crap just sitting there all over the world.
Plastic packaging is oiled based so you can’t see anything happening soon it’s a global issue.
I dealt with global companies who I offered alternatives (100% bio degradable) to oiled based packaging years ago but when the maths didn’t work out for the product and a vastly reduced shelf life for the content they hastily walked away.
I was in Morrison’s the other and noticed they were stocking paper carrier bags, initially I thought well done but then noticed they were charging 20p each for them
The Sky News report was extremely interesting in that you think you’re recycling but in fact it is/was basically shipped off to foreign shores contaminated with all sorts of mixed waste but we classified it as 100% recycled when we shipped it, there’s 1000’s of tonnes of our unusable crap just sitting there all over the world.
Plastic packaging is oiled based so you can’t see anything happening soon it’s a global issue.
I dealt with global companies who I offered alternatives (100% bio degradable) to oiled based packaging years ago but when the maths didn’t work out for the product and a vastly reduced shelf life for the content they hastily walked away.
I was in Morrison’s the other and noticed they were stocking paper carrier bags, initially I thought well done but then noticed they were charging 20p each for them
That’s bonkers because it’s only 5p for a plastic bag soon to increase to 10p in January.
Bad news that Brazil has rejected the G7 offer of monetary help for the Amazon fires
What the fook are some people on this planet on, we have the science to prove the problems and the solutions, some now just see greed and exploitation for short term gains.
A great little programme that Hugh and Anita did, what measures are you doing to reduce the use of plastic, post any good tips.
We moved to milk bottles being delivered a couple of years ago. All fruit and meat bought at local shops taking our own containers. Spices, nuts, liquid soap, detergents bought from refill shops in Chester or Knutsford, any in Stoke yet?
A great little programme that Hugh and Anita did, what measures are you doing to reduce the use of plastic, post any good tips.
We moved to milk bottles being delivered a couple of years ago. All fruit and meat bought at local shops taking our own containers. Spices, nuts, liquid soap, detergents bought from refill shops in Chester or Knutsford, any in Stoke yet?
That explains alot really 
