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We don't need plastic pots - they need to be banned!
ZeroZero1
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Like many of you, I am appalled by or profligate used of plastics and it's effect on the biosphere.
I don't think we need plastic pots at all. All we need are the bio recyclable kind of pots. If necessary these could be covered with a THIN layer of cellophane. Yes, it would mean the industry needs retooling, but this is necessary to save the environment.
The same goes for supermarkets. It's not just plastic bags, or coffee cups. I think these are highlighted to make the consumer feel responsible. It's the plastics involved in packaging everywhere. So much of it is unnecessary.
Supermarkets could do MUCH more. Every product on every shelf needs to only use the minimal amount of plastic necessary. We need to be offered minimal plastic alternatives - glass bottles for example. not just for wine and water, but also for shampoos and many other products.
Local councils vary widely in how they recycle, a few don't at all. We need a compulsory national system
Why are we not being offered alternatives, both in the supermarket and in the garden centre? Someone needs to break the mould!
Z
I don't think we need plastic pots at all. All we need are the bio recyclable kind of pots. If necessary these could be covered with a THIN layer of cellophane. Yes, it would mean the industry needs retooling, but this is necessary to save the environment.
The same goes for supermarkets. It's not just plastic bags, or coffee cups. I think these are highlighted to make the consumer feel responsible. It's the plastics involved in packaging everywhere. So much of it is unnecessary.
Supermarkets could do MUCH more. Every product on every shelf needs to only use the minimal amount of plastic necessary. We need to be offered minimal plastic alternatives - glass bottles for example. not just for wine and water, but also for shampoos and many other products.
Local councils vary widely in how they recycle, a few don't at all. We need a compulsory national system
Why are we not being offered alternatives, both in the supermarket and in the garden centre? Someone needs to break the mould!
Z
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I don't agree with you on banning plastic plant pots as I use them and get years of use out of them, and there is nothing to replace them that will work at the moment
We need to ban ALL unecessary plastics. This is very important for our children
Even if we cut all of our plastic usage by 50% this only reduces the damage to the environment by half, which only doubles the time for plastic armageddon for wildlife.
Paper plant pots, dipped in wax from plant or animal sources, much better alternative.
Somene needs to produce these.