War on Waste

PasturesNew

I don't buy stuff from Amazon.
I don't buy coffee from shops.

I pretty much don't buy stuff.

Hugh needs to pop over to mine and I'll show him "See - lots of people have no stuff. YOU are finding problems in your life/style. YOU are the problem. Hugh ... STOP BUYING STUFF"

Pollycat

kboss2010 wrote: »

I should probably say that I think he's really irritating. He's like the celeb chef version of Pippa Middleton - dispensing advice at the level of 'no s***, Sherlock!' whilst claiming to be revolutionary and a stalwart of smug middle classness.

I can almost forgive Nigella for doing the same but not him. At least Nigella doesn't take herself that seriously nor pretend that she's doing the world a favour. He just seems to live in a bubble and doesn't know how the world works.

I think a lot of people agree with you but I have to admit to a guilty liking for HFW.
Many years ago I watched his 'cookery' programme on his little boat (Bain Marie?).
And his 'TV Dinners'.
I also watched his River Cottage series's.

I do think his last 'War on Waste' opened people's eyes to how the supermarkets treated farmers.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I don't buy stuff from Amazon.
I don't buy coffee from shops.

I pretty much don't buy stuff.

Hugh needs to pop over to mine and I'll show him "See - lots of people have no stuff. YOU are finding problems in your life/style. YOU are the problem. Hugh ... STOP BUYING STUFF"

To be fair, PN, I do think you are in a minority.
Lots of people buy then chuck perfectly good food away.
And as for clothes, I remember the massive pile of clothes in that shopping mall that represented a very short time.

maman

kboss2010 wrote: »

Yep, that's why they're random sizes. It's part of their reduce, re-use, recycle policies.

Gigervamp wrote: »

I'm guessing it's the boxes that returned items have arrived in.

I don't think I've ever had anything in a small box from Amazon and many other on-line retailers are equally guilty.


I can understand re-use/ recycle (although I've never had a box that looks as if it's been pre-loved;)) but why not store them in relevant sizes and use what's relevant to the package.


To use a domestic example. If someone gave you an enormous Christmas present, like a floor cushion, in a Santa sack you might recycle the sack but you're unlikely to give it to your dad next Christmas with a pair of socks in! That's the equivalent of what Amazon are doing.

moneyistooshorttomention

I shall be watching again with interest.

Glad to see it if he does put on a segment re these coffee chain take-away mugs of coffee - as I wouldnt take one the other day and a couple of the people I was with were trying to persuade me that they are recycled and I was getting rather annoyed at them telling me that - when I knew they arent really.

I'd already bought my own lidded mug for occasions like this and shall be handing it over the counter any time I want a takeaway coffee - and hoping I'll get a bit of money off for doing so:)