Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Jun 2019
8:23pm, 25 Jun 2019
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Garfield
Doh!
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Jun 2019
8:46pm, 25 Jun 2019
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Wine Legs
RS, could you tape the lid of your bin closed?
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Jun 2019
9:26pm, 25 Jun 2019
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Red Squirrel
It was the recycling bin, Wine Legs. I was discussing with a mate how I need to make an apple pie bed type arrangement with a bin bag in my big bin and take it out on bin day. She reckons if neighbours get wind of an empty bin, they'll put something in it. Such a shame as I want to inspire, not the opposite. Maybe I will just have to arrange to have my big bin taken away, if that's allowed. I'll need to check with my landlady first. |
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Jun 2019
9:46pm, 25 Jun 2019
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Wine Legs
Yes, unfortunately I think you're probably right about people using your bin if they know it's empty.
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Jun 2019
9:48pm, 25 Jun 2019
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Wine Legs
So, who is going to take their packaging back to the supermarket? I'd really like to, & in fact had talked about doing this a couple of weeks ago.
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Jun 2019
10:01pm, 25 Jun 2019
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Velociraptor
I'm quite tempted to offer our neighbours use of our bin, because many weeks we barely have enough rubbish to make it worth putting out for collection.
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Jun 2019
4:00am, 26 Jun 2019
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run free
WL - I noticed in both my local Tesco and Waitrose they have a special bin at the checkouts that says you can place all packaging with a “can recycle” symbol in it. They both have said the plastic in there is used to make new bags or other products. I also noticed waitrose had reusable cups on display that Said they were made from 100% recycled plastic |
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Jun 2019
6:22am, 26 Jun 2019
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Wine Legs
But what about the masses of plastic packaging they use that can't be recycled??? That's what I want to give back to them!
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Jun 2019
8:06am, 26 Jun 2019
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George Smiley
The problem is they just get some minimum wage worker to put in bin, if it doesn't affect them financially I doubt much will happen. In an ideal world not buying it is definitely best option. Otherwise I'd have thought filling head office lobby with a few months worth of plastic of few hundred people esp on day of AGM would concentrate minds more. |
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Jun 2019
1:38am, 27 Jun 2019
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run free
Regardless of whether the packaging says its plastic is recyclable or not, the plastic that is recycled is downgraded and will eventually end up in the landfill, ocean, adding more micro-plastic into the water. So a water bottle can become a t-shirt (have seen many events now boasting about their 100% recycled bottle t-shirts) - which when washed will release micro-plastic into the water or when no longer wanted will be discarded and probably end up as India's waste issue. Might have also heard that the Asian countries that were taking our contaminated "recyclable" plastic are sending it back to us. The market for "recycling" plastic has collapsed and places like the UK (and other developed countries) are now having to deal with the plastic waste (being incinerated or landfilled at this moment in time) Suggest: 1. Form a group to write to companies that wrap their products in un-necessary plastic packaging and send it back to them (e.g. send crisps wrappers back to Walkers) .... 2. Create eco-bricks (stuff plastic bottles with useless plastic) FYI: ecobricks.org Used them in Singapore to make tables and stools. Your children might have fun? It is not a perfect solution, but at this moment in time locks the plastic away and is being repurposed / upcycled. |
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