Washed a glass jar for recycling, it’s got a peel off plastic label, bag of caster sugar, plastic bag, says it’s waterproof, good, I can leave it out in the garden then. whats happened to paper, They want us to reduce our plastic waste, hows that work then.
I can vaguely remember grocers shops with big boxes of various dry goods which they would measure out and put into paper bags. That way you only bought what you actually wanted / needed. Now there's a radical idea.
Woke to a beautiful sunny morning, so we decided to head down to the seafront for a morning walk. We took our usual direct route through the local villages, and halfway there, found the road blocked. No advance warning signs, had to virtually retrace our route and use the main road instead. There are so few roads that cross the river that if that route is closed for any reason, it means a detour of miles. However, we got here in the end, and as compensation, found a great ( free ) parking space on the seafront, so we didn’t have to go in the car park. Checked the village Facebook page, and evidently they have had a major water leak, many homes without water, and workman have been working through the night digging the road up. So I’ll have to excuse them this time.
We used to have a store that had big bins full of dry goods, you took a bag and a scoop and served yourself. I don’t remember any plagues happening but it was deemed unhygienic and so it had to go. That was up to the late 80’s .
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
On the local news a toy shop owner held up a plastic truck in its box and said it now costs £7 to import it, before it cost 70p. And my first thought? Well - it's all just plastic tat from China - let parents look for better made, longer lasting toys closer to home.
Lyn, at least two towns near us now have shops specialising in ‘help yourself’ Dry goods, including bring your own containers. Quite the trend round here. I haven’t been into one, so I have no idea how they have coped with Covid precautions. In theory, I’m very supportive of reducing unnecessary packaging. However, I could never bring myself to buy any of the ‘open display’ bakery goods, after watching customers squeezing bread and rolls, and trailing their coats sleeves over the pastries to reach the ones at the back of the display. Our local Waitrose started packaging all their cakes and bread during lockdown, so I’m afraid I got tempted to all sorts of things I shouldn’t have. They appear to have now gone back to ‘normal’ so the doughnuts etc are now safe from my predations! I wonder if I’ll lose a bit of weight now?
@Ergates. You may remember our store Norman’s, Storming Norman. Its all become so sanitised now. When I do my tesco order, I buy loose carrots and state ‘no bags please ‘. Loose carrots in the tray, I doubt many people do that, I’m so fed up with all this packaging, not that it’s an effort for us to dispose of it, ours will never reach the oceans or be burnt on the streets of Turkey, I’d just rather not have it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
On the local news a toy shop owner held up a plastic truck in its box and said it now costs £7 to import it, before it cost 70p. And my first thought? Well - it's all just plastic tat from China - let parents look for better made, longer lasting toys closer to home.
incredible how much we're paying to import next year's landfill eh?
My child minder daughter has got rid of every plastic toy and replaced with wood. the favourite is the mud kitchen in the garden, all year round use, she uses real kitchen utensils,, not plastic toy types. The kids love playing with real stuff.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I can vaguely remember grocers shops with big boxes of various dry goods which they would measure out and put into paper bags. That way you only bought what you actually wanted / needed. Now there's a radical idea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-58521299
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
However, we got here in the end, and as compensation, found a great ( free ) parking space on the seafront, so we didn’t have to go in the car park.
Checked the village Facebook page, and evidently they have had a major water leak, many homes without water, and workman have been working through the night digging the road up. So I’ll have to excuse them this time.
In theory, I’m very supportive of reducing unnecessary packaging. However, I could never bring myself to buy any of the ‘open display’ bakery goods, after watching customers squeezing bread and rolls, and trailing their coats sleeves over the pastries to reach the ones at the back of the display. Our local Waitrose started packaging all their cakes and bread during lockdown, so I’m afraid I got tempted to all sorts of things I shouldn’t have. They appear to have now gone back to ‘normal’ so the doughnuts etc are now safe from my predations! I wonder if I’ll lose a bit of weight now?
Its all become so sanitised now.
When I do my tesco order, I buy loose carrots and state ‘no bags please ‘. Loose carrots in the tray, I doubt many people do that, I’m so fed up with all this packaging, not that it’s an effort for us to dispose of it, ours will never reach the oceans or be burnt on the streets of Turkey, I’d just rather not have it.
the favourite is the mud kitchen in the garden, all year round use, she uses real kitchen utensils,, not plastic toy types. The kids love playing with real stuff.