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Listed below are comments made by green_bob between Tuesday, 12th August 2008 and Wednesday, 20th August 2008.

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Non-plastic picnicking 11:59am on 20 Aug 2008 #46 idontmuchbut

Please can you let me know the name and location of the recycling facility that accepts post-consumer PP and PET trays?

I work for a plastics recycling company and am not aware of any such facility in the UK.

When this material is collected, it is being exported for recycling.

Incidentally we invest our PRN income into the development of new equipment.
Beefed up 11:45am on 20 Aug 2008 Adejones

I'd be interested to hear your views on the environmental benefits of autoclaving mixed, black bag waste. This is a new technology being developed in some parts of the country.
Pop goes my drinks choice 5:22pm on 18 Aug 2008 #johnhcrf

While your efforts to reach zero waste a very commendable, a typical restaurant or retailer will discard more food in a day than the average household does in a month.

Consumer pressure will have a role to play, as will tighter regulation (and its enforcement) from government agencies.
Pop goes my drinks choice 2:33pm on 18 Aug 2008 The recycling of business or commercial waste will accelerate when members of the public start asking questions of the companies we buy goods and services from.

Home waste is the same as business waste. A restuarant throws away food and glass, an office throws away paper and cardboard, a gym throws away plastic bottles and drinks cans. We need to join the two up, not treat them as separate problems.
Pop goes my drinks choice 2:01pm on 18 Aug 2008 #34

wasteaware, there is really no point in blaming councils for this situation. They might collect your rubbish and recycling, but they have no influence over businesses, who in the end will make the decision that benefits their bottom line. The packaging you talk about is so light that it won't cost that much to landfill and there isn't much value in the plastic pint cups and cardboard burger trays, especially when they are covered in ketchup.

If on the other hand, the venue is throwing away lots of aluminium cans and plastic bottles, which have a high monetary value, then chances are they are looking into a recycling programme.

Why not contact the venues themself, to see what they have to say?
Pop goes my drinks choice 1:12pm on 15 Aug 2008 #25

This is where the government should step in and force councils to all collect the same recycling:

food waste/organics
packaging - glass, metal, plastic
paper/board

It works in Europe.
Pop goes my drinks choice 12:28pm on 15 Aug 2008 #16 jon112uk

So you have finished your carton and can either recycle it or put it in the rubbish bin. Both require collection by a truck and then some form of onward transport to either a recycling plant or disposal facility.

Surely Jon you will recognise that if we continually send rubbish to landfill, we will run out and that if people take their recycling to the supermarket, WHEN they do their weekly shop, an extra journey is avoided.

Sounds quite logical to me....
I'm starting to miss plastic... 5:24pm on 13 Aug 2008 Bokashi bins, wormeries and compost bins are all fine for people with a garden, but what about those who live in flats?

The food waste has to go into the bin and the bin is lined with a black plastic sack.

Any suggestions johnhcrf?
Toothy grin? 2:56pm on 12 Aug 2008 #30 johnhcrf

Shopping locally and avoiding packaging is not something that the majority of people in the UK can even come close to achieving.

And as jo_mojobanana pointed out, if a product appears on the shelf with no primary packaging, how much secondary packaging had to be used to ensure it reached the retailer in good condition?

Asda tried to reduce primary packaging from the majority of their fresh fruit and veg but found that levels of food waste increased substantially. Plastic protects the food we want to buy.
Toothy grin? 2:44pm on 12 Aug 2008 Chris and others in the media are keen to point out the impact of plastic on wildlife and the natural environment. One example being the plastic bag and sea creatures mistaking it for food.

But the problem is not the plastic bag. The problem is that the last person using the bag didn't dispose of it properly and it became litter.

There is a huge need for improvements in street cleaning, combined with education on litter. I live in a nice part of West London, with streets that are often covered in crisp packets, plastic bottles and cigarette butts.

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