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no reason in this day and age that they can't do something where it is far better than 'small progress' really... not as if Kellogs don't have the money and therefore could pay for the expertise.
 
I've been looking for a particular BBC story all bloody day and despite it appearing each hour as a segment on the telebox there's been naff all on the website.

This isn't it - but it's an interesting accompaniment to it.

When you add it up, the total amount of synthetic microfibres going into the wider environment as we wash our clothes is an astonishing number.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54182646

This is the company I mentioned above as I'm bored of waiting for the BBC now.

http://www.xampla.com

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co...r-save-the-world-projects-come-first-9119144/

Would be a massive step forward, not just land dump waste on single use, but particularly water bound plastics in clothes etc.
 
The Fear said:
https://www.plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/waitrose-removes-plastic-canned-foods

Supermarket chain Waitrose is canning plastic shrink-wrap on multi-buy tinned food. Waitrose will be the second UK supermarket to ditch this type of packaging, following a similar move by Tesco in January.

Multi-buy cans to be sold loose
Shrink-wrap, which is used to bundle cans of food together for convenience, is notoriously difficult to recycle.
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We were buying cans of San Miguel (I think it was) over the summer, and they were packed with recyclable 'webbing' (for want of a better word!) instead of the plastic stuff used more often.

EDIT: I obviously don't buy beer very often - this has been a thing since 2018!!

https://www.britishplastics.co.uk/Environment/carlsberg-launches-a-six-pack-with-a-snap/
 
Still far too many not reacting and doing things like that with cans and tins. Hopefully it will accelerate as consumer pressure mounts.
 
Yes, good to see, but they really do need to work and bringing down the prices of these re-useable stuff don't they!?
 
mike_field said:
Another small step.

Red Nose Day 2021 will have plastic-free red noses for the first time after schoolchildren persuaded Comic Relief to switch to a natural alternative.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54431830
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It isnt just plastic is it?
I have a thing about rubbish in general.
People are such dirty bastards and throw anything and everything out of their pockets, bags, cars and dump things from their houses they dont want on waste ground, up country lanes or anywhere rather than dispose of it correctly.
 
The Fear said:
Yes, good to see, but they really do need to work and bringing down the prices of these re-useable stuff don't they!?
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Thats the problem JF. For low income families its impossible for them to lay out the initial money.

I spent £40 on these reusesble bags this year. £40 is some people's basic shopping bill for a week for a family, as that's all they can afford

For me we spend on average about £40 per person per week on shopping.

I couldn't have afforded it when all the 4 youngsters were little and I wasn't badly off
 
The US and UK produce more plastic waste per person than any other major countries, according to new research.

The analysis also shows the US produces the most plastic waste in total and that its citizens may rank as high as third in the world in contributing to plastic pollution in the oceans.

Previous work had suggested Asian countries dominated marine plastic pollution and placed the US in 20th place, but this did not account for US waste exports or illegal dumping within the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...worlds-biggest-sources-of-plastic-waste-study
 
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