To my mind, this is a no brainer. Takeaway boxes that are not environmentally friendly should be heavily taxed. These are a major source of litter and such a tax would make suppliers switch to better materials that are better for everyone. Switching is easy and they just need a nudge.
I also get annoyed with supermarkets: these days all packaging should be environmentally friendly. The big supermarkets should be blazing the trail and telling their suppliers. Waitrose is bad, with lots of their packaging unclear about whether or not it can be recycled. I find this totally not excusable in this day and age. They should lead the way.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42033760 .
On the way to getting the tea we used to take the empty glass lemonade bottles back to the shop for a penny refund.
ReplyDeleteThe fish and chips were wrapped in newspaper. Guess the EU stopped it, because the ink from the print poisoned you, so they said anyway but did we really care? I never knew of anyone dying from eating fish and chips out of newspaper.
These were two instant means of great recycling when I was kid growing up in the late 60s and 70s.
Doesn't take much thought really to bring it all back, and stop all this plastic rubbish does it?
73 Steve
Polystyrene - not currently recycled
ReplyDeleteFilm - not currently recycled
Combustibles - bailed then sent abroad
Potato starch seemed a good alternative but not in widespread use yet