Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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EvilPixie Mar 2018 10:13pm, 28 Mar 2018 13,655 posts	0 EvilPixie
alpenrose Mar 2018 10:28pm, 28 Mar 2018 32,470 posts	0 alpenrose These pretty ones look more like teapot stands. I just caught up with Gardeners World and Monty's going to be experimenting with trays and pots made of things other than plastic whenever he can. Could be interesting.
EvilPixie Mar 2018 7:32am, 29 Mar 2018 13,656 posts	0 EvilPixie I agree they are pretty!! Pinterest has lots of pots that decompose as the plant grows - you can even get kit to help make paper pots
run free Mar 2018 5:47pm, 29 Mar 2018 3,097 posts	0 run free Toilet rolls are great for seeds
jacdaw Mar 2018 5:58pm, 29 Mar 2018 1,935 posts	0 jacdaw Degradable paper pots don't need to be complicated; I make them with newspaper wrapped around a bottle of an appropriate size. Great for veg seeds you are starting indoors and then planting out. Especially things that don't like their roots disturbing. But plastic pots are almost endlessly re-useable so shouldn't be a massive pollution problem.
Jenelopy Mar 2018 7:34pm, 29 Mar 2018 153 posts	0 Jenelopy We do the same as jacdaw with paper pots - we wrap the newspaper round a small redbull bottle and fasten with a paperclip. Sadly, the plastic coated paper clips can be re-used for ever, but the metal ones rust easily.
Carpathius Mar 2018 6:30pm, 31 Mar 2018 14,050 posts	0 Carpathius Annoyed today. I needed some white vinegar to use for cleaning. As I was at Tesco anyway I bought some from there. 568ml plastic bottle 39p. 568ml glass bottle £1.
1step2far Apr 2018 11:12am, 1 Apr 2018 2,826 posts	0 1step2far Oh that's rubbish!
1step2far Apr 2018 11:14am, 1 Apr 2018 2,827 posts	0 1step2far I've discovered the milk man delivers up to 3 times a week. I just need to check he delivers before 6.30 as leaving it on the step all day on work days rather defeats the object.
Silvershadow Apr 2018 11:48am, 1 Apr 2018 1,212 posts	0 Silvershadow Nightjar’s first jug of liquid ‘castille’ soap. Collecting bottles to put it in.

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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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