Recycling??? ITS NOT OUR FAULT!!!

secretdancer

Why not write to the manufacturer of the product that you bought to tell them that whilst the product is good, the packaging is not. Yes, you want to receive the product in good working order, so some packaging might be necessary, but surely not all of it.

If people started to let companies know that they ought to think more about their packaging policy, then they may start to take notice and do something about it ... just a thought

surfcat

Remember, recycling comes at the bottom of the chain when it comes to being environmentally friendly.

1) Reduce: reduce your consumption, of food (if you eat too much), of meat (very inefficient way of getting energy, of cheap comsumer tat (4 phones in one house = lazy unless you live in a very big house).
2) Reuse: don't throw things away if they still work (phone?) and find another use for them if you can. Donate working items to charity.
3) Recycle: if you can't do the above, then recycle. But whatever you do don't be dumb and make a specific car journey to take your bottles to the recycling bin.

robnye

surfcat wrote:

3) Recycle: if you can't do the above, then recycle. But whatever you do don't be dumb and make a specific car journey to take your bottles to the recycling bin.

as tesco's is too far away.... other than going in the car....

a long trip to get rid of plastic bags..... does anyone know whether asda or sainsburys have bag recycle bins....?

i have also noticed... Coop bags have in large letters about their bags being biodegradeable.......

mrcow

robnye wrote:

as tesco's is too far away.... other than going in the car....

a long trip to get rid of plastic bags..... does anyone know whether asda or sainsburys have bag recycle bins....?

i have also noticed... Coop bags have in large letters about their bags being biodegradeable.......

Hi

Just type your postcode into the Bank Locator on this site and it will tell you where your nearest recycle facilites for carrier bags are.

zodiac

mrcow wrote:

Hi

Just type your postcode into the Bank Locator on this site and it will tell you where your nearest recycle facilites for carrier bags are.

You beat me to the link..... I do have to say that I find it anoying when I buy something and have to go throught 50 layers of plastic and paper to get to the item.

VickyA_2

When we were told on the news about how "far behind" the UK is in recycling it's waste, we were compared to countries that actually have proper, consistent facilities. For example, Germany recycle just over 50% of their waste but they also have separate bins everywhere. Where we'd have one rubbish bin on the street, theirs is separated into sections - one for plastics, one for paper and one for OTHER. So, they're encouraged to recycle in the beginning.

Where I live, I'm on the border of two counties. If we take our recycling to one Tesco, 5 miles in one direction, we can recycle paper, glass and metal. However, if we go 5 miles in the opposite direction, we can recycle (through a different council) paper, glass, metal, metal, plastics, foil (through the council). It just seems that there is no consistent policy between authorities/councils.

robnye

mrcow wrote:

Hi

Just type your postcode into the Bank Locator on this site and it will tell you where your nearest recycle facilites for carrier bags are.

thanks,

but it doesnt identify where i can get rid of plastic bags.......

partly i think due to the info coming from the local council, it still says kerbside collection......

moggins

Our council will only take plastic milk cartons but no other plastic bottles. I check every bottle for the recycling symbol, put it into the green recycling box and anything other than milk cartons are left behind every time.

nelly_2

Toothsmith wrote:

Could it not be argued, Nelly, that you really don't NEED 4 phones for one house, a DVD player with speakers all around the room, or indeed a new mobile if the old one still works (I mean works, not 'Looks trendy')


The 'consumption' of Western states is more the problem, not what it all comes wrapped in.

Just a thought

(P.S. I don't live in a mud hut, but we do try to think about what we buy and why we need it.)

Phones were 35 quid so was the dvd hardly the trappings of a millionair lifestyle. I work 7 days a week not cos i have to but cos i want to, to buy things and do things that improve and enhance my life.

There is no one more self conglatuatory and conceited then a hippy.

You might not be a hippy but that comment was only a few notches off.

Turning_into_scrooge

IvanOpinion wrote:

The most stupid packaging is for Aspirin, Paracetamol etc. Remember you used to be able to go into a wee cheapie shop and buy a little plastic tub containing a hundred for a few pence ... not any more. because some mollie-coddling toss pot bureaucrat decided that there was a risk of suicide we all have to pay a fortune for 16 tablets.

This absolutley did my head in to the point where because i have to top up a prescription pain killer i was going to the chemist every 4 days for another packet of paracetamol :mad: . At one point they refused to serve me and suggested i was stock piling them for suicide :mad: . They changed their attitude when i went in with a prescription from my doctor for 100 :T .


It really is time that we stop using 'shrink wrap' and went back to recyclable cardboard boxes. It is time to cut out all the plastic bottles and go back to recyclable glass bottles (surely we can make a safety glass these days) that require a refundable deposit.

Again I agree with you. Not widley know but the plastic wrapping on fruit and veg contains a hormone which is causing allot of fertillity problems in men. We really should be getting back to basics after all a paper bag is far more envoirmentally friendly than a plastic one