Plastic Bottle Recycling

And 66 million pounds to good causes! The problem with the bottle tax is that it won't be a tax in the accepted sense, if people don't return the bottles to the retailer who will benefit? I suspect the retailer, a bit like the minimum price per unit for alcohol in Scotland.

David

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It goes beyond just plastic bottles that harm our environment, re Blue Planet. All plastic packaging should be taxed now and the companies that use such things should be penalised. By the way what do people do with the plastic packaging their Club Magazine comes in?

there are alternatives now, types of "plastic" made out of food waste that is biodegradable.

Rowena has explained that the magazine wrappers are both recyclable and biodegradable.

Has this been stated in the magazine?

There are many magazines posted and on sale in shops with plastic jackets on.

I've no idea if it's been stated in the club magazine. I repeated what Rowena told us in another thread.

Not sure what the difference is between biodegradable and compostable. Although possibly length of time? However, we just received our National Trust Magazine and the plastic rapping for that is made from potato starch. It says you can just put it on your compost heap. Not sure if that is the case with the CC one, or if the biodegrading is longer term.

I read about the differences on line very early this morning, the things you do when the weather is grim....there is a big difference between compostable and bio-degradable.

Brue is right though. The amount of rubbish and plastic in particular is quite frankly, appalling. Now that the hedges and trees are getting their foliage we ar no longer treated to the spectacle of dozens of plastic bags caught in branches. People seem to have lost there pride in their country - if they ever had any and that is tragic as the British countryside is some of the most beautiful to be found anywhere - as we in particular know! If a levy on a plastic bottle is to be applied, it will have to be worth going back for. The packaging industry has in general, much to answer for. Do you really need a pair of pliers in a bubble pack? Difficult to solve but a mix of regulation and deposits may go a long way. Gone are the days of being sent to the local grocers  for a dozen eggs and carrying them back just in a paper bag under the imminent threat of death if you dropped them!