July 21 2018
Plastic is part of a problem.
But the main problem is excess packaging whether plastic or not.
Absolutely no excuse for wrapping a single vegetable or fruit in plastic, for example.
No reason why breakfast cereal should come in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box.
No reason to put all medicines taken as pills in a combination plastic/foil dispenser, inside a box, complete with paper list of possible side effects.
The combination dispenser is non recyclable.
Many patients take the same prescription pills for years; do they really need a warning leaflet in every box?
Just ask if one is needed; if if isn't, leave it out.
Let people choose to have their pills dispensed in a recyclable bottle.
Make it a law that all supermarkets must recycle or reuse packaging, or stop using it altogether, and let people leave excess packaging at the till.
Publish the results- then we'd know which companies use the most excess packaging.
Shame people into doing more.