Plastic reduction

[elsiegee40]

So I get someone to drive a box of plastic around the country to deliver them to me, and then drive another box back around the country to return them?

 

You don’t have to have them delivered to you. They are available from other retailers, including H&B, too.

 

And all household waste and recycling, apart from that which you are able to compost in your garden, is disposed of using motorised transport.

 

But we have already had the discussion with you in this thread on how how waste is disposed of so, at this point I stop engaging with you on that topic.

 

Happy new year

[localzuk]

Recyclable electric toothbrush heads (you have to return them to the manufacturer) Available from Holland & Barrett if you don’t shop online.

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https://www.livecoco.com/

That's actually really great - I was thinking about this the last time I bought some. Though, due to the wonders of Tesco price-matching for substituted items, I have 12 spare heads for my electric toothbrush at the moment, so its gonna be a loooong while until I need to actually buy some!

[FN-GM]

Reminds me that my electric toothbrush needs replacing. The battery doesn't hold much charge and there doesn't seem away to replace it. Seems a shame to throw it all away.

[mavhc]

If only there were a way to brush your teeth without batteries, imagine all the pollution that would save

[FN-GM]

If only there were a way to brush your teeth without batteries, imagine all the pollution that would save

Throughout this thread you are going out of your way to be awkward. Why?

[mavhc]

Because we have to solve actual problems with the environment, not a few extra straws, or we'll all die

[localzuk]

"A few extra straws" are a problem though. As are disposable cups. Toothbrushes. Plastic packaging. The list goes on. You seen to be isolating each little thing people want to do, and saying it is pointless because of the big issue. Its basically an opposite of "can't see the forest for the trees". The issue is so large, everything that people are discussing seems tiny and inconsequential.

 

For want of a nail the shoe was lost,

 

for want of a shoe the horse was lost;

and for want of a horse the rider was lost;

being overtaken and slain by the enemy,

all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.

 

—Benjamin Franklin

 

Unrelated - has anyone used any of those food prep delivery services? Like Hello Fresh, or Pasta Evangelists? I've tried a couple of them and the amount of plastic has been significantly lower than what my local shops offer for most things.

Edited December 29, 2019 by localzuk

[mavhc]

Can't see the forest because it's on fire. Plastic isn't a problem compared to the global climate catastrophe, we should turn all oil into plastic to avoid burning it

 

We need to be shutting down all oil and coal burning 10 years ago, we need total war against fossil fuels, moving 100% of global industry into making solar, wind, batteries, and nuclear power.

[elsiegee40]

 

This thread isn’t for debating climate change or the environment... that’s taking a holiday with the political forum.

 

Please return to the topic of attempts to reduce the use of plastic.

 

Posts deemed to be off topic will be removed without notice.

 

[mavhc]

Bread bags can be recycled, according to the label. Edited December 30, 2019 by elsiegee40

[LeMarchand]

Bread bags can be recycled, according to the label.

 

One of my schools takes them, along with any other plastic bags that say they are recyclable.

[6Foot2]

Link: A plateful of plastic Visualising the amount of microplastic we eat [Reuters Graphics]

[6Foot2]

Link: New way of recycling plant-based plastics instead of letting them rot in landfill [university of Bath]

 

Chemical recycling method breaks down plastics into their original building blocks, potentially allowing them to be recycled repeatedly without losing quality.

 

Around 45 per cent of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and is on the increase. However one of the problems with current plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lower quality plastic with worse properties than the original. This means that plastic drinks bottles cannot simply be recycled into new drinks bottles continuously, but instead are used for other lower grade products such as water pipes, park benches and traffic cones.

 

Now scientists from the Universities of Bath and Birmingham have developed a new way of chemical recycling - converting plastics back into their constituent chemical molecules - so that they can be used to make new plastics of the same quality as the original...

[mavhc]

Recycled 42 Tetra Paks yesterday, Where can I recycle? - Tetra Pak® Recycling

[LeMarchand]

Got passed a freebie parcel that was fairly well thought out. Bamboo drinks cup/lid with hot chocolate sachet, bamboo? pencil, decent quality notebook and reuseable shopping bag. Once used, only the sachet plastic, cover of the book and the metal sleeve from the pencil's eraser tip would be non-reuseable or waste. Even the jiffy bag's plastic was designed to be torn off so the envelope could be recycled.

[elsiegee40]

Cathedral City Cheese Packaging Recycling Scheme

 

Any brand of packaging is being collected.

 

https://cathedralcity.co.uk/the-cheese-packaging-recycling-programme/

[mavhc]

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/recycling-was-a-lie-a-big-lie-to-sell-more-plastic-industry-experts-say-1.5735618

[6Foot2]

..."we can't recycle crisp packets" "are you sure?" "oh wait, yes we can"...

Link: The Crisp Packet Recycling Scheme

 

Please enter your postcode in the search bar to find public drop-off locations near you (zoom out to expand the map).

 

[hardtailstar]

So I've managed to ditch the reusable plastic bags bar one. I now go shopping with a rucksack and if I need more space then I have the extra plastic bag.

[Arthur]

Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle [bBC News]

 

Coca-Cola is to test a paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic from its packaging entirely.

 

The prototype is made by a Danish company from an extra-strong paper shell that still contains a thin plastic liner.

 

But the goal is to create a 100% recyclable, plastic-free bottle capable of preventing gas escaping from carbonated drinks.

 

The barrier must also ensure no fibres flake off into the liquid.

 

That would pose a risk of altering the taste of the drink - or potentially fall foul of health and safety checks.

 

But industry giants are backing the plan. Coca-Cola, for example, has set a goal of producing zero waste by 2030.

 

Coca-Cola was ranked the world's number one plastic polluter by charity group Break Free From Plastic last year, closely followed by other drink-producers Pepsi and Nestle.

 

[FN-GM]

Lenovo need to hang their head in shame.

 

We have recently switched to them from Dell. Dell monitors had no polystyrene. Lenovo monitor packaging are full of it!

[3s-gtech]

We’ve had a number of laptops, docks and peripherals from Lenovo recently. Lots and lots of plastic in there - most could easily have been ditched entirely or replaced with paper alternatives. The PSU really doesn’t need protective wrapping and a plastic bag!

[FN-GM]

I have never understood the need for these plastic plug in covers.

[LeMarchand]

Link: The Crisp Packet Recycling Scheme

 

 

Is that still running? One of the locations is one of my schools and they've had to stop as the couldn't get any pickups.

 

I have never understood the need for these plastic plug in covers.

 

Lower the risk of the plug damaging other parts/stuff. I always have a few to hand for kit that only gets plugged in when needed. Sat at my desk at home, there are 5 in use within arm's reach. (PS3, plasma ball lamp, Sony bluetooth speaker, PC speaker charger and Roberts S1 speaker).

[FN-GM]

Lower the risk of the plug damaging other parts/stuff. I always have a few to hand for kit that only gets plugged in when needed. Sat at my desk at home, there are 5 in use within arm's reach. (PS3, plasma ball lamp, Sony bluetooth speaker, PC speaker charger and Roberts S1 speaker).

 

The UK plug is solid. I can't remember every seeing one damaged. Surely pins themselves are tougher than the cover?