Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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Jen HB
Jen HB
26 May
9:42pm, 26 May 2024
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runfree - according to Google it's to reduce dispensing errors at the pharmacy and risk of cross contamination.
run free
run free
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1:06pm, 27 May 2024
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run free
Makes sense. Then it sounds like the pharmacies (if they care) should consider creating reusable pill holders for dispensing and having a return option. This will be like the return vending machines for bottles (hopefully will be in England, Wales and Norther Ireland in 2025)
cackleberry
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Preaching to the converted I know...

phys.org

Wonder what the long term affects to the coral are?
cackleberry
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Should say, the article above is about finding microplastics within the structure of corals.
run free
run free
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Thanks cackleberry. Microplastic is surely everywhere now. We do monthly litter picks in my area in Egham and the amount of photodegrading plastic we find seems continuous from crumbling plastic coffee caps to plastic bags that need to be scooped out of the soil as they have literally shredded, and of course the amount of cigarette butts.

The amount of plastic that local litter pick groups pick up in Singapore is phenomenal especially washed up onto the shores.

Anyhoo California is suing ExxonMobil over plastics recycling 'deception':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5FpytFLlHs

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Maintained by run free
Information about Plastic Packaging:
UK: wrap.org.uk

EU: ec.europa.eu

What products have microbeads?
beatthemicrobead.org

To help you reduce try one level at a time:https://tyrelady.wordpress.com/support-the-challenges/



What the EU is doing:
europa.eu

- currently the UK will be following SOME of the EU measures.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Terms used to describe plastic:
1. Biodegradable (also oxi-biodegradable)
2. Bioplastic
3. Compostable
4. Plastic that potentially could be recycled (has numbers)
5. Plastic that cannot be recycled

Some resources:
BBC's info on the numbers on Plastics:
news.bbc.co.uk

The misconceptions of biodegradable plastics from an academic:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b04051?src=recsys&

Understanding plastic terms:
wrap.org.uk

Bioplastic developments as seen by British Plastic

britishplastics.co.uk

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