One time plastic use

Sadly there's always a downside. Hopefully they'll have some support whilst they find a new means of income, sadly nature and wildlife don't have a safety net.

Was that company here? I merely ask as NZ wheo were way behind but are catching up fast and had something very similar.

I wish they weren't allowed to use wrappings that weren't recyclable. So many packages are marked with a line through the recycling symbol and the words "not yet recyclable". Including my porridge packet 😤. Now shopping needs another check before you put it in your basket 😭. Takes ages to do a very routine job. I have never used the delivery services but I don't suppose they check, fat content, size to price ratio, packaging etc. It's a minefield. I prefer to buy as direct from the supplier, without excess packaging, where possible but it ain't easy these days!

Yes it was a Norwich based company.

I liked the days of the string bags where your veg was put in and no wrapping

Seems like a small company that didn't have the clout to invest in the manufacture of more environmentally friendly items? Sad about the jobs.

David

All that kerfuffle about plastic carrier bags too. I remember when carrier bags were made from strong paper - 100% recyclable and the trees from which they were produced helped the CO2 issue as well. Ah, but someone can make more money by screwing the planet and making it from plastic.

And don't even get me started on the 'fat cat' directors of Carillion from last nights TV. 

Perhaps our club could follow suit on the other one and send our magazines out wrapped in recyclable potato starch covers!

As if!

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I noticed this year that the French supermarket 'plastic' bags are biodegradable, and can be put into the compost heap.   Plastic is a byproduct of oil, and will always be produced whilst aviation spirit, followed by petrol and diesel, are in high demand.  If plastic bags and similar items were discontinued, what would happen to the materials of which they consist?

The real truth is that, worldwide, we have been dumping environmentally unfriendly waste for many, many years.  The steady increase in this behaviour, and the rate of increase created by the growth of the world's population, has put us on a course which is going to be difficult to reverse.  The clock is ticking, and it will continue to click until serious global commitment is taken to deal with the problem.  Perhaps the only solution will come when the Sun runs out of hydrogen, expands and consumes the solar system - that should clean things up a bit! 

Very interesting Tv programme on BBC4 last evening. Where they were excavating rubbish dumps from different times 1890s to 1980s. Time bombing ticking.

If you get a chance I'd suggest watching it very  interesting. I'll see if I can find the title 😉

Edit I did better than I expected here's the link The secret life of rubbish

We too watched the BBC4 programme thought provoking especially along the Thames where the rubbish is now getting washed out by extreme weather conditions as it is next to the river.

I have put the compostable bags from the supermarkets here in the Lot and so far not broken down will wait awhile longer, have noticed that some drinks now in glass instead of plastic bottles.

They already do, I started a thread and put photo on it over a month ago