Too much packaging in the world
Thank you chancellor for introducing a tax on plastic bags - about time !
The Irish have been used to paying for this for some time, some small towns in the UK are adopting a no plastic approach and parts of Europe have banned their use also.
We take along our jute bags when shopping at supermarkets and actively refuse plastic bags in other stores as well (although shop assistants are often hell-bent on packing it straight into a plastic bag and look at you blankly when you ask for the goods to ‘not’ be packed…)
Each week we head to the local recycling depot with a boot load of paper, plastic and glass items
We try and shop responsibly and perhaps we are not like everyone else and recycle more than the average person, but I am increasingly concerned at how much packaging exists on our food and everyday items.
Reducing the amount of packaging on food can go some way to regulating and reducing the cost of the products we buy.
Remember to ‘Just Say No !’ to plastic bags, buy items in bulk (usually with little or no packaging) and support retailers who adopt the same approach.
as seen on Inzvestor
What about all the “throw-away” cups that people get from Starbucks? Looking to the office bin on my left, it’s almost 50% filled with cups!.. and there’s 6 other bins here!!
Why not, along with the jute bags, do people not adopt a habit of taking their favourite mug along to Starbucks for their caffiene hit. Hell, even Starbucks could make money from it selling discounted (but still overpriced) mugs at point of sale)
Posted By Phil Rae | March 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I whole heartedly agree with you both, I have made myself unpopular by enforcing the recycling on site. People are just too quick to dump their rubbish without a second thought!
Posted By John Andrews | March 27th, 2008 at 10:07 am