tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post6533764247982765203..comments2023-10-07T22:03:43.897+01:00Comments on I live, I love, I craft, I am me...: Accountabilitykjsutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-34855494258050198012022-05-20T16:52:45.887+01:002022-05-20T16:52:45.887+01:00I've been too busy galivanting around Greece t...I've been too busy galivanting around Greece to know about The Big Plastic Count, my friend Liz filled me in yesterday. Thanks for the link, I shall endeavour to join in! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-83537983254277766252022-05-19T08:21:31.964+01:002022-05-19T08:21:31.964+01:00Yes, buying a bag when you only want one. Then ag...Yes, buying a bag when you only want one. Then again I'm not going to shop by visiting loads of shops to buy single items etc. Don't have the time and it's getting costly with fuel prices rocketing.... sigh. xxThreads through my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-18830143929762102062022-05-18T19:44:47.595+01:002022-05-18T19:44:47.595+01:00A hard game indeed but one we need to play - but l...A hard game indeed but one we need to play - but like you say - when things are double wrapped or you have no choice but to pick up a bag of items rather than an individual one (Sweet potatoes are my bugbear - only need one but have buy a bag) grrrrr!kjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-61976151222451144492022-05-18T12:47:33.277+01:002022-05-18T12:47:33.277+01:00A hard game to play. Not help by so much stuff wr...A hard game to play. Not help by so much stuff wrapped up and in some case double-wrapped. All we can do is try our best. xThreads through my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-11420595206603510192022-05-17T21:15:29.639+01:002022-05-17T21:15:29.639+01:00I agree - it is not easy at all xI agree - it is not easy at all xkjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-57509380585973410992022-05-17T21:14:51.058+01:002022-05-17T21:14:51.058+01:00It is - makes it very difficult to go without it. ...It is - makes it very difficult to go without it. We do our best but there are some things we just can not buy without some sort of excessive packaging.kjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-27497998015879519632022-05-17T20:41:20.844+01:002022-05-17T20:41:20.844+01:00We're taking part in this as well. I try my be...We're taking part in this as well. I try my best but it's not very easy to reduce single use plastic. XxJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837629817375132149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-43269267633804214192022-05-17T18:41:06.867+01:002022-05-17T18:41:06.867+01:00The darn stuff is just everywhere. I can remember ...The darn stuff is just everywhere. I can remember Mum & Dad putting less than half a bag of rubbish out a month...and some of that was fire ash. Now although we recycle what we can it can be ridiculous the amount that builds up. xWinters End Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924495691256051693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-58442898800292428892022-05-17T06:43:48.063+01:002022-05-17T06:43:48.063+01:00Going back to paper bags in itself is not really s...Going back to paper bags in itself is not really sustainable either - despite its recyclable properties - I wonder if reusable is the way for packaging for the majority of foodstuffs and a more recyclable 'plastic' alternative for things like meat etckjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-20694229054084253882022-05-16T22:35:41.940+01:002022-05-16T22:35:41.940+01:00I'm with you on with too much plastic, but you...I'm with you on with too much plastic, but you are right, that it isn't always easy to get away from it. My oats only come in cardboard box & I then pour them into a glass container for use. Our supermarkets also do the soft plastic recycling schemes and we are way more behind the times than UK.(giggle) Remembering when I was young (sad face) and how everything we bought was put into brown paper bags from the corner store or fruit & veg carried home in our cane basket. Even milk when I was very little came with the milkman, his horse and cart in milk churns and then ladled out into our own billy can and taken inside to the "ice chest". Making you laugh? How times have changed...................thanks for this thought provoking post. Take care & hugs.Susan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945482062858126629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-69519262866717506412022-05-16T20:30:56.403+01:002022-05-16T20:30:56.403+01:00I agree with the inner plastic bags are good for f...I agree with the inner plastic bags are good for freezing - our supermarkets don't run that scheme round here - we are still a little .... backward....!kjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-17218556219128907752022-05-16T20:26:48.451+01:002022-05-16T20:26:48.451+01:00You can put the inner plastic bags from the cereal...You can put the inner plastic bags from the cereal boxes in with the other soft plastics recycling schemes run by the supermarkets. They make excellent freezer bags too. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-18537188518138263802022-05-16T12:41:27.718+01:002022-05-16T12:41:27.718+01:00Our local shop had been collecting crisp packets e...Our local shop had been collecting crisp packets etc via an organised recycling scheme which unfortunately has now run out of funding (how ironic) so we now no longer have that option of recycling here in the village. The mushroom punnets we use are a dark chocolate brown and apparently some do get through but a number of them go straight to land fill, so wrong!kjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-20349106268026252522022-05-16T12:39:28.919+01:002022-05-16T12:39:28.919+01:00Brilliant! Well done!
all we are doing is keeping...Brilliant! Well done! <br />all we are doing is keeping all the plastic in one box, will count it at the end of the week then sort it out into the appropriate bin or recycling box. kjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-72159618930586919822022-05-16T12:05:57.291+01:002022-05-16T12:05:57.291+01:00I heard about that this morning.
It is a great ste...I heard about that this morning.<br />It is a great step forward that supermarkets..just seen sainsbugs and the coop so far,recycling soft plastic, including crisp bags. <br />We are reducing what we get into the house drastically. All the lose bits go in a plastic carrier bag then go to the soft plastic recycling bin.<br />The plastic sorting machines cannot cope with the dark coloured plastic mushroom boxes...but the white or pale or clear are okgzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-19454974888724880812022-05-16T11:40:29.332+01:002022-05-16T11:40:29.332+01:00I just signed up - but will I actually remember to...I just signed up - but will I actually remember to do it is the question!?Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com