And yet our council does ! Until they all get their heads together and there is a unified recycling programme countrywide, then stuff will keep going to landfill. Surely it's not impossible. .....is it ?
I’m surprised how much everybody is worried about plastic pots to be honest. Surely they are not the biggest contributor to the environmental problems? Rainforest deforestation comes to mind as an example 🤔 So why the cooking programmes on TV are not talking about reducing use of palm oil but Monty keeps banging on about plastic pots? Just saying...
I’m surprised how much everybody is worried about plastic pots to be honest. Surely they are not the biggest contributor to the environmental problems? Rainforest deforestation comes to mind as an example 🤔 So why the cooking programmes on TV are not talking about reducing use of palm oil but Monty keeps banging on about plastic pots? Just saying...
They may not be the biggest but all plastic is a significant problem and if we don't HAVE to use it, we should try not to. As to the cookery programmes, I don't watch them. But if they aren't talking about sustainability of ingredients then shame on them - they should be. Our environmental problems are not going to be solved by one Big Idea. We are all going to have to make lots of small changes.
@punkdoc and @AnniD, there are discussions and debates ongoing about a unified national policy on recycling. I think it very likely it will come in and at that point, decisions can be taken about accepting 'new' materials like taupe pots. That they aren't accepted now is historic and doesn't mean they won't be. But the Government seems to have something else on its mind at the moment, so decisions are not being taken that could be and money is being held back or spent in order to avert a crisis we're making for ourselves, so there is none to spend on new policies, however exigent
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Changing the subject, I note the next couple of weeks are going to be presented by Adam Frost, and although Monty didn't say from where, I guess it'll be his new garden that we saw a little of the last couple of seasons. I assume this is a 'soft start' for a future changeover - to see how people take to him
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Food programmes do keep banging on about palm oil ... do you ever listen to Kitchen Cabinet with Jay Rayner on R4? They were one of the first to bring the problem to public notice.
Cookery programmes, which are almost always about cooking from scratch using good quality fresh ingredients, aren’t talking about it much because palm oil is mainly used in precooked processed foods.
Although to be fair Jamie Oliver does talk about it as one of the reasons to avoid processed foods and learn to cook from scratch.
Rick Stein, Hugh FW, the Hairy Bikers et al are always promoting the use of sustainable fish, and may TV chefs have been criticised as elitist for recommending the use of free range and organic produce.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
One of the reasons for the differences in recycling policy between councils is that some are fully automated and others have much more manual intervention. Machines can 'pick' black plastic where the human eye can.
What a genius nurseryman! He should be consulting with ALL garden centres over cardboard replacement pots. The idea could be adapted for bigger pots too. Also love the seed tray idea and compost refills. The old ways were not always the best - or so we were led to believe. I do hope other garden centres copy / use the ideas too.
I admire what he is doing, but question whether or not it is scalable. The level of manual intervention is very high, which means that costs would be higher too due to the number of staff required. Alternatively, with the same staffing levels, people could be hanging around for ages at busy period to have plants transferred to new pots and labels hand written. Bear in mind that many plant labels provide far more than just the name.
On the programme in general, I did like Monty's comments about the practicality, or lack thereof, in some of the current alternative pots. Far too often, all we hear is "Plastic bad, any alternative is brilliant".
Pity about Adam Frost presenting next few GWs as I cannot stand his voice but he is obviously popular with others. Maybe I could put subtitles on and just turn down the sound when he is talking
Pity about Adam Frost presenting next few GWs as I cannot stand his voice but he is obviously popular with others. Maybe I could put subtitles on and just turn down the sound when he is talking
at least we won't be subjected to endless shots of flippin' dogs.
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Surely they are not the biggest contributor to the environmental problems?
Rainforest deforestation comes to mind as an example 🤔
So why the cooking programmes on TV are not talking about reducing use of palm oil but Monty keeps banging on about plastic pots? Just saying...
@punkdoc and @AnniD, there are discussions and debates ongoing about a unified national policy on recycling. I think it very likely it will come in and at that point, decisions can be taken about accepting 'new' materials like taupe pots. That they aren't accepted now is historic and doesn't mean they won't be. But the Government seems to have something else on its mind at the moment, so decisions are not being taken that could be and money is being held back or spent in order to avert a crisis we're making for ourselves, so there is none to spend on new policies, however exigent
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
bring the problem to public notice.
Cookery programmes, which are almost always about cooking from scratch using good quality fresh ingredients, aren’t talking about it much because palm oil is mainly used in precooked processed foods.
Although to be fair Jamie Oliver does talk about it as one of the reasons to avoid processed foods and learn to cook from scratch.
Rick Stein, Hugh FW, the Hairy Bikers et al are always promoting the use of sustainable fish, and may TV chefs have been criticised as elitist for recommending the use of free range and organic produce.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.