Plastic packaging is a dirty, expensive, possibly carcinogenic, profligate use of the worlds resources resulting in a revolting scurf of permanent, non-biodegradable debris. My personal solution is to boycott plastic nastiness and each month I will ban a piece of plastic from my life. This is my 12 step programme for cleaner world.
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You can buy your bags fron biobags direct but I got mine from The Bin Company
The Bin Company
Colin Sanders Innovation centre
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banbury
Oxon
OX16 9PA
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Plastic bags consumed this year:
Plastic bags consumed this year:
Taken from
http://www.reusablebags.com
15 million bottles A DAY
Turn the world state we use 15 million bottles a day every day in the UK http://www.turntheworld.com/recycler/plastic.htm
Which is backed up by the independent which states that Britons use 275,000 tons of plastic bottles each year - 15 million a day http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article621200.ece
Why give up plastic? Started because I didnt like the impact it had on the environment. As I find out more I am worried about the impact it is having on me.
The more I read, the more it becomes apparent that plastic is infact poisonous. It contains the following yummy ingredients
a) Dioxins. Dioxins, which are highly poisonous even at low doses, are produced when plastics are manufactured and incinerated.
b) Phthalates is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen . Most cling-wrapped meats, cheeses and other foods bought from shops are wrapped in PVC.
c) Bisphenol A . Plastic food and drinks containers are a great concern due to the safety issue around low-dose effects of bisphenol A
d) #1 PETE plastic water bottles contain antimony
And guess what ? There are indications that these chemicals are mobile and can leach into the plastic wraped products.
For the full scary story and tips on how to reduce your exposure to plastic poison go to
The problem of litter has soared in recent years and, nationally, the annual bill for removing it from streets, waterways and open spaces is a massive £370 million. The most common items are cigarette ends, sweet and food wrappers.
Britain's beaches are nearly twice as dirty as they were a decade ago, a survey has found. ….. The most common rubbish was plastics, such as crisp packets, sweet wrappers and bottles.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Sweets - guess what most of them come wrapped in plastic or worse.
Tic-tacs for example must be in line for the baddest, maddest packaging ever award - surely. Even the less bonkers sweet wrapper presents a problem
So this month sees me refusing to buy any more plastic wrapped sweetshop snacks.
I know - it sounds truly noble but its really not that bad.
Crisps - well they are evil any way with their huge amount of calories and general badness.
I can still buy chocolate which is foil and paper wrapped -
I can buy cakes from the bakers with no wrapping at all and they are practically the same as chocolate bars.
Cornflake choclate crunchy = lion bar
There use to be sweet shops that would sell you a quarter of boiled sweets in a paper bag. I dont know if they still exist.
NB
I am not the kind of person who litters beaches, I have seen the cruel seaside wind snatch those easily airbourne bits of rubbish out of bins and out to sea.
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