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Thanks for your comment Agwen. I’m collecting the stats for October – I find it best to keep them fairly up-to-date or I get in a muddle, plus I can only go back 100 additions to the tally, and it’s amazing how they mount up. Lots of activity in Germany the last few months. 😀
The Radio 4 programme ‘More or Less’ discussed the drop in plastic bag use this week. It’s the first item a few minutes in.
Lidl’s bags are woven polypropylene, others use a different plastic (polyethylene) which is widely recycled. Polyethylene bags for life are thicker than single use bags. I believe they can be recycled, https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/carrier-bags
but we believe it’s better to use a non-plastic bag like a morsbag. Mind you, I still have a few woven polypropylene and thick polyethylene bags from before we heard about morsbags!In the pub for choir practice last night my lime and soda needed mixing. The choice was between a straw and a plastic swizzle stick. I opted for the stick and popped it back in the container when no-one was looking! Now I feel guilty – should have stirred it with my pen. Oh well!.
I realise that supermarkets will weigh stuff without a bag. Ok when you’ve got a few bananas, not so good when your cherries are falling all over the place, or you have a lot of carrots getting separated.
M/C also won a packet of Haribo and a small bottle of orange drink. Guess who got 5 tickets but no prizes…… 🙁
Thanks for an interesting read Scallywagbags. Have you tried Teapigs? They seem to be made of very plastic-y substance – it’s very springy. I had a look at their website which says
“Our tea temples are made from biodegradable corn starch. The material was developed in Japan and has the green “pla” mark which is an endorsement by the Japanese bioplastics association.”
Who’d have thought it?I put the few tea bags we use in the composter and have to confess that I haven’t noticed any “tea bag skeletons” in what I dig out. I guess if they did surface I’d pick them out of the flower bed and take them indoors to throw away. I have lots more plastic labels from plants that pegged out ages ago! (thanks to all the slugs, snails and rabbits!)
