07-10-18, 06:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-10-18, 06:42 PM by tommyardin.)
It is interesting listening to every ones thoughts and opinions on the issue of plastics and other packaging.
Some say Reduce at the till in the supermarket, the problem is that whether you buy that product or not it is packed in plastic, if its not bought it goes into a skip then into landfill plastic and all, if it is purchased the plastic has a better chance of being recycled.
2 wheelie bins a fortnight does seem excessive for two people, but if their council does recycle it all as they say they do then it has to be a good thing.
I honestly think that the problem of plastic and other waste products can only be solved at the factory goods in gates.
A lot of manufactures don't actually give a fuck, it's all about maximum profit for the smallest outlay, profits and shareholders must be appeased, they don't want to hear we have very little profits the financial year but we a very environmentally friendly and have cut down on our carbon footprint by 60%. It also puts the unemployment figures up.
Hedgehogs, red squirrels, water voles, newts, sand lizards, there is a programme on the TV I can hear now as I am typing this drivvle (Country File) all these animals are at risk because of building and other development including modern farming which is destroying hedge rows and field ditches, and it is called progress.
I am afraid we all are a part of the problem, we want cheaper goods, and that usually means automated packaging plants that use more and more plastics.
More and more plastics are being used in the building trade/construction (High thermal value materials) that will also add to the problem in years to come. :eek
Some say Reduce at the till in the supermarket, the problem is that whether you buy that product or not it is packed in plastic, if its not bought it goes into a skip then into landfill plastic and all, if it is purchased the plastic has a better chance of being recycled.
2 wheelie bins a fortnight does seem excessive for two people, but if their council does recycle it all as they say they do then it has to be a good thing.
I honestly think that the problem of plastic and other waste products can only be solved at the factory goods in gates.
A lot of manufactures don't actually give a fuck, it's all about maximum profit for the smallest outlay, profits and shareholders must be appeased, they don't want to hear we have very little profits the financial year but we a very environmentally friendly and have cut down on our carbon footprint by 60%. It also puts the unemployment figures up.
Hedgehogs, red squirrels, water voles, newts, sand lizards, there is a programme on the TV I can hear now as I am typing this drivvle (Country File) all these animals are at risk because of building and other development including modern farming which is destroying hedge rows and field ditches, and it is called progress.
I am afraid we all are a part of the problem, we want cheaper goods, and that usually means automated packaging plants that use more and more plastics.
More and more plastics are being used in the building trade/construction (High thermal value materials) that will also add to the problem in years to come. :eek