Plastic Packaging

[diddlydo]

Do you refuse to buy food that comes wrapped in non-recyclable plastic and if not, why not?

[ummmm]

Well done, Diddly, many wouldn't believe you make that much effort.

[mallyh]

when I buy fruit and veg I just take it loose to the cash desk x

[Canary42]

Funny you should bring that up - only a couple of days ago I was doing some supermarket shopping with my list which included a bar of soap. I found it quite difficult locating a bar of soap amongst the thousands of plastic containers containing such an enormous variety of different "personal cleaning solutions" - a tiny display a few inches wide on the bottom shelf eventually satisfied my requirement. Why do people buy these ridiculous solutions, when sixty years ago soap was (and still is) a fine and effective answer.

[Old_Geezer]

No. Because life's too short to volunteer for more hassle.

[pixie374]

No, because I don't have the time. I buy what we need and hopefully the companies will reduce packaging as much as possible.
I found out, through two different people, that work at our nearest landfill, that even though everyone here separates rubbish and recycling into the proper bins etc, it actually all goes into the same landfill anyway. We don't have the money or resources to recycle everything, so this is mostly just "training" people to separate them. But it has been years now, and still, everything here, goes to the same place.

[ummmm]

All our recycling is taken together. We don't have to separate them anymore.

[Mamyalynne]

Availability depends on where you sho Canary and the size of the store.

Fair choice if I wanted bar soap today.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=soap&department=Shower%2C%20Bath%20%26%20Soap&viewAll=department%2Caisle&aisle=Bar%20Soap

[pixie374]

Ours all goes in with general rubbish, ummm. As it seems, many councils do. Perhaps if we can start genuinely recycling everything that people attempt to, that would help.

[diddlydo]

We all need to be aware of and take our local councils to task. My local authority takes mixed recycling, food waste and the "other" rubbish separately. The recycling really does get recycled, the food waste generates energy , the other rubbish gets incinerated and 0% goes to landfill. I'm not totally happy about incineration but at least it's better than landfill.If your local council is doing less please nag them!

[ToraToraTora]

well well well diddly cares about the environment, interesting then that she suppports Labour!

[pixie374]

Many people have, diddly. But their answer is they they don't have the resources yet. There wre many others doing the same, but they aren't exactly advertising it.

[Patsy33]

I think most people are trying to do their bit. The manufactures should try to do more to cut down on plastic.

[Maydup]

I'd like to refuse it Diddlydo, but the suppliers really need to be pressurised and penalised for using plastic. In order for the consumer to make better choices we need better options.

I use the market for much of our fruit and veg, and we grow veg too in the garden. When needs must I use Sainsbury's and their bags for my loose fruit and veg. I try to buy cheese loose, and I dont eat meat or fish, and I never, ever, ever buy bottled water; but I do have lapses and I have been guilty of buying a punnet of fruit out of season, cant deny it.

[diddlydo]

Part of the problem is that UK supermarkets have become far too sanitised and for no good reason. In France, for example, supermarkets sell lettuce without any plastic covering and far more loose fruit and veg. When I buy e.g. bananas at my local Waitrose with their "zap and go" system, I just stick the bar-coded label from the scales on a banana - I don't need to put them in a plastic bag, albeit a bio-degradable one.

[237SJ]

^ You can still get lettuce without plastic wrapping - in green grocers but why go there when you can go to the supermarket?