I got those bulb bags too Josusa. I didn't think the bulbs were dearer as a result, although I might be wrong about that. When you think how many bulbs they must sell in a year, it will make a huge difference. If a big company like P. Nyssen can do the research and put it into practice, surely more of them can, and if we are all prepared to pay a little more for the product, we should accept it. It must cost a lot to adapt machinery, develop the process and get it up and running. It won't be appropriate for every item, but if no one makes a start, nothing will change. Mu mum used to buy tins of Seville oranges to make marmalade back in the seventies. I don't know if anyone remembers those, or if they're still around.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was loading shelves at work yesterday and there was a notice on the shelf : words to the effect of " this packaging is a trial in our aim to remove all black plastic by the end of 2019" Good old Waitrose.
Hosta, I stopped buying meat etc if it's in black plastic a while ago, after hearing how the machines can't pick it up at recycling centres. I presume manufacturers think it shows off the product better, or some cr*p.
'If nothing changes, nothing changes ' has been a motto of mine for a while - in all sorts of situations. People can be very negative about wind/water power for instance - look at those ugly windmills is a sentence I hear a lot, but we can't keep ignoring the use of fossil fuels and not taking any steps to change that.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Obelixx said "Can't bear the concentrated/diluted stuff. Has to be fresh or just pasteurised but these days we drink a red juice in the morning. Used to be blackurrants, rapsberries, redcurrants but now seems to be raspberries, redcurrants and such. What's happened to the blackcurrants? Have they all gone to Ribena?" I've noticed that, Obelixx. There is a make of cranberry and blackcurrant drink that I like but, although the brand is sold in France, I have only found that version in England. Maybe they've gone to Tesseire in France.
I keep getting demands for donations to charities with magazines, free cards, free address labels (useless because never correct) all wrapped in plastic. I have written to some to say I don't want it but they take no notice. One charity that our church gives to at Harvest Festival sends me a load of stuff every 2 weeks. I wrote to them, it really annoys me that they waste my money like that. I told them that if they send me all that stuff I wouldn't give to them again. Made no difference.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I love the windmills. I think there's a strange grace and serenity about them. You're right too Hosta - there's a weird sort of short sightedness in many people.
I agree with you completely about those charities BL. What a waste of money. Can they not see how ironic it is for charities to waste what they desperately need either? The fact that they ignore your wishes says a lot too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I read the other day that trials are being done with nurseries etc by using taupe coloured plastic for pots,trays and other gardening things as this can be detected by sorting machines where black plastic cannot.Also that these would be recyclable,biodegradable and what have you. It will take time,even years for the changes to take place but at least things are moving in the right direction.
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Mu mum used to buy tins of Seville oranges to make marmalade back in the seventies. I don't know if anyone remembers those, or if they're still around.
Lakeland sell them. I bought a couple last year. Lakeland who did well to change their name from Lakeland Plastics before the plastic backlash kicked in.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Lakeland sell them. I bought a couple last year. Lakeland who did well to change their name from Lakeland Plastics before the plastic backlash kicked in.
Quite so w.edges!
Do you use them for marmalade?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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If a big company like P. Nyssen can do the research and put it into practice, surely more of them can, and if we are all prepared to pay a little more for the product, we should accept it. It must cost a lot to adapt machinery, develop the process and get it up and running. It won't be appropriate for every item, but if no one makes a start, nothing will change.
Mu mum used to buy tins of Seville oranges to make marmalade back in the seventies. I don't know if anyone remembers those, or if they're still around.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good old Waitrose.
'If nothing changes, nothing changes ' has been a motto of mine for a while - in all sorts of situations. People can be very negative about wind/water power for instance - look at those ugly windmills is a sentence I hear a lot, but we can't keep ignoring the use of fossil fuels and not taking any steps to change that.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Obelixx said "Can't bear the concentrated/diluted stuff. Has to be fresh or just pasteurised but these days we drink a red juice in the morning. Used to be blackurrants, rapsberries, redcurrants but now seems to be raspberries, redcurrants and such. What's happened to the blackcurrants? Have they all gone to Ribena?" I've noticed that, Obelixx. There is a make of cranberry and blackcurrant drink that I like but, although the brand is sold in France, I have only found that version in England. Maybe they've gone to Tesseire in France.
I keep getting demands for donations to charities with magazines, free cards, free address labels (useless because never correct) all wrapped in plastic. I have written to some to say I don't want it but they take no notice. One charity that our church gives to at Harvest Festival sends me a load of stuff every 2 weeks. I wrote to them, it really annoys me that they waste my money like that. I told them that if they send me all that stuff I wouldn't give to them again. Made no difference.
You're right too Hosta - there's a weird sort of short sightedness in many people.
I agree with you completely about those charities BL. What a waste of money. Can they not see how ironic it is for charities to waste what they desperately need either? The fact that they ignore your wishes says a lot too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It will take time,even years for the changes to take place but at least things are moving in the right direction.
Do you use them for marmalade?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...