A couple of years ago our daughter introduced us to T2 in Bath (for our 50th wedding anniversary) since then we have been buying loose leaf tea ('Irish Breakfast' and 'Good Afternoon') Don't think I could go back to tea bags any more!
Brilliant new, I would like to think that our petition helped in this change. I will stick with loose leaf tea though, at least it tea leaves, empty out a bag of PG and it’s like dust. I find loose more economical, I only use half of what’s in a bag.
What can we petition against next, any ideas?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Petition for paper bags for packing loose veg in shops and supermarkets. It's a start...
And nag about 'plastic free' aisles.
Perhaps there could be a 'plastic free' logo - that might encourage more companies to try for the 'green' market a bit more quickly. It is so hard to tell whether it is there or not, like in teabags, and who knew tins have plastic based linings or about microbeads in cosmetics and toiletries, or glitter, and there must be loads of other things that we still don't know about
True about the hidden plastics, Buttercupdays. Paper bags sound like a good idea... but apparently paper bags aren't as "green" as they appear, mostly because they have a very short life. At least with a plastic bag you can wash it and re-use it. My family used to think I was crazy to wash plastic bags - not any more!
My mum used to wash cling film. Even I thought that was going a bit far... especially as it didn't "cling" very well afterwards.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Anyone else hear about a SM in Holland that has a plastic free Aisle already apparently the products look as though they are in plastic but it's all a special biodegradable paper/ plastic substitute. It was on R4 news this morning Makes Iceland's pledge to be plastic free in another 2-3 years a bit slow.
if you have do an online shop there’s a space on each item ordered for instructions, I go through everything and write’ no plastic bags’. It works most of the time, I had lemons and brocalli loose in the tray, but the salmon was in a plastic bag.
What I object to most is the plastic over cardboard, just to make it shiny and attractive. Takes me ages to separate for the compost bin.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I am now buying West Country tea, packed in North Devon, loose leaf nice flavour. Helping local small businesses.
A couple of years ago our daughter introduced us to T2 in Bath (for our 50th wedding anniversary) since then we have been buying loose leaf tea ('Irish Breakfast' and 'Good Afternoon') Don't think I could go back to tea bags any more!
THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR LOVERS OF PG, PANSYFACE. BUT WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL HOSTA IT WAS IN THE PIPELINE?
Brilliant new, I would like to think that our petition helped in this change. I will stick with loose leaf tea though, at least it tea leaves, empty out a bag of PG and it’s like dust. I find loose more economical, I only use half of what’s in a bag.
What can we petition against next, any ideas?
Petition for paper bags for packing loose veg in shops and supermarkets. It's a start...
And nag about 'plastic free' aisles.
Perhaps there could be a 'plastic free' logo - that might encourage more companies to try for the 'green' market a bit more quickly. It is so hard to tell whether it is there or not, like in teabags, and who knew tins have plastic based linings or about microbeads in cosmetics and toiletries, or glitter, and there must be loads of other things that we still don't know about
True about the hidden plastics, Buttercupdays. Paper bags sound like a good idea... but apparently paper bags aren't as "green" as they appear, mostly because they have a very short life. At least with a plastic bag you can wash it and re-use it. My family used to think I was crazy to wash plastic bags - not any more!
My mum used to wash cling film. Even I thought that was going a bit far... especially as it didn't "cling" very well afterwards.
Anyone else hear about a SM in Holland that has a plastic free Aisle already apparently the products look as though they are in plastic but it's all a special biodegradable paper/ plastic substitute. It was on R4 news this morning Makes Iceland's pledge to be plastic free in another 2-3 years a bit slow.
Yes, I heard that Iain.
The war against plastic is really taking off
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/packaging-free-supermarket-coming-germany
Just for information
Packaging Free Supermarket in Germany
That’s good to hear.
if you have do an online shop there’s a space on each item ordered for instructions, I go through everything and write’ no plastic bags’. It works most of the time, I had lemons and brocalli loose in the tray, but the salmon was in a plastic bag.
What I object to most is the plastic over cardboard, just to make it shiny and attractive. Takes me ages to separate for the compost bin.