Is plastic so bad if it is recyclable? What pees me off more is that SMs are still shipping goods in non-recyclable materials.
Edited to add: Presumably there some property of each of the plastics that makes them (more) suitable for a given purpose, but if it's possible why aren't all plastics manufacturers making recyclable plastic by now?
Just because a plastic is recyclable doesn't necessarily mean it will be recycled. Also, most of the vegetables we buy are dry so I see no reason why they can't be sold in trays made of egg box material
I agree that recyclable does not equal recycled, but at least the items can be. If I look around where I'm sitting now, I have speakers, ,phones, laptop, pen, radio, scanner, printer, NAS ceiling rose, TV, video....blah all made from plastics of some sort. We only enjoy the lifestyle we have because of plastics - fridge, cooker, washing machine. What would any electrical item be without plastics? What items are there that don't contain some plastic element or that came into existence without any plastic involvement or where plastic hasn't had some vital play in their lifecycle?
Given that plastics are (t)here (and I personally don't see them going away), then they MUST be made recyclable. And all plastic in clothing or that goes near water supplies needs to be stopped - the problem with plastics isn't the bits you see, but the micro-plastics that hit the watercourse when you wash your favourite fleece or comfy stretchy jeans or .....
Pre-brexit they showed on the local six o'clock news the amount of 'recyclable' 'stuff' that was going through the ports here to Europe - and from thence... who knows. To me, there has to be more control of recycling. If the gov is serious about recycling - not just passing the buck somewhere - then it has to be either done here and the plants inspected OR certified in some way at the target destination. The 'oh, it's not our issue any more - we shipped it to...' just isn't good enough. AND - wot?! - you didn't watch the Hobbit?! (To be fair, I thought they were a poor shadow of Lord of The Rings).
Steve,2 X3 hours of Hobbitery no,too much. I watched the first Lord of the Rings,first Harry potter then had had enough. Probably 9 years ago Fiona Bruce Real Story showed our plastics going to Indonesia in container ships,Hugh Fernley Wittingstall a couple of months back. The Fiona Bruce one,they collected Christmas cards from London,,went back to the recipients,who of course were horrified,they had sent them to be recycled,not sent abroad to landfill sites
Tea bags, again. I got a plant from Hayloft in a little pot and it's been fine (anemone). Next delivery from them in the same order they were just plugs in a plastic coffin all in tea bags. Which made me suspicious. Sure enough, the first one was also bagged, now removed. Wretched things. I'm sure it's just a ploy by nurseries to sell more plants.
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Also, most of the vegetables we buy are dry so I see no reason why they can't be sold in trays made of egg box material
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