The Fear - 8/2/2018 22:55
One possible solution to part of the problem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42968529/plastic-bottle-scheme-that-could-help-clean-the-oceans
The Fear - 8/2/2018 23:55
One possible solution to part of the problem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42968529/plastic-bottle-scheme-that-could-help-clean-the-oceans
mike_field - 9/2/2018 12:03
The Fear - 8/2/2018 22:55
One possible solution to part of the problem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42968529/plastic-bottle-scheme-that-could-help-clean-the-oceans
Not seeing a difference between than and Alcan was it about 20 years ago, penny for a coke can type thing.
Soon died a death - it's cultural.
Villan Of The North - 9/2/2018 12:00
You'd be surprised Mike, there are people (few in number, I'll grant you) that earn a living from collecting and returning pop bottles overe here. Small bottles pay about 10p and large ones pay about 25p. From time to time you will see someone with a bin liner, collecting all the bottles they can, digging through bins etc as there are still many people here that would rather use the bin outside a shop than take bother to keep hold of it until their next visit and get the value of the deposite discounted from their shopping bill (as is the norm in our house). I've waited in queues several times, to return my bottles, behind rather scruffily dressed people (well would you wear nice clothes to pick up "trash" and root through bins?) comming away with over £40 on their deposite reciept (when I say waited, I mean wandered off to do something else and then come back 10 minutes later when they are finally finished) If they invest 6-8 hours a day and learn all the best places to look, which they would overe time, I expect they can earn several hundred pounts a week this way.
The Fear - 9/2/2018 20:48
as was those who would rather walk out holding everything than spend 5p
BodyButter - 10/2/2018 01:52
I've just had a bagel and a coffee from Coffee Bean.
The coffee comes with a plastic lid. The bagel is wrapped in plastic. It comes with plastic cutlery and the cream cheese comes in plastic containers. All of it goes in the bin when I'm finished.
There has to be a better solution but I don't know what it is. No takeaway?
BodyButter - 10/2/2018 00:52
I've just had a bagel and a coffee from Coffee Bean.
The coffee comes with a plastic lid. The bagel is wrapped in plastic. It comes with plastic cutlery and the cream cheese comes in plastic containers. All of it goes in the bin when I'm finished.
There has to be a better solution but I don't know what it is. No takeaway?
mike_field - 9/2/2018 21:04
That's the problem with the 5p charge for plastic baggies in supermarkets, the money stays with the supermarket rather than going to a fund to do something about the problem in the first place.
It gave people the excuse to moan.