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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 25 11:46 am Post subject:
our chums in the market put veg in paper bags, meat and fish get plastic supermarket stuff always has plastic the local shop has some loose fruit and veg, but most is factory packed in plastic

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6709
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 25 2:44 pm Post subject:

For some uses, there are strong arguments for plastic shopping bags, etc.

I'm less concerned when it's not in contact with heated food. Often a single re-use of a plastic bag makes it far and away less impactful on the environment than a paper bag used once.

Disposal is definitely the con. A plastic bag that ends up on the roadside never disappears fully, just breaks down into smaller more problematic parts, while a paper bag will completely decompose. Better societal systems for using plastic carefully would make it the better choice in many circumstances, but not all. Folks get a bit to all or nothing......

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 25 3:27 pm Post subject:

when it comes to shopping bags - carrier bags - I think the UK are fairly sorted - most people I know use reusable cloth carrier bags to visit the independent shops, then for supermarkets people have bags for life which are used many times, and a last resort, if you you visit my local supermarket and forget your bag, you can either buy a bag for life or a biodegradable plastic bag.

Supermarkets have bins to put food wrapping plastic in to be recycled. Though i think there is some doubt about how much of this actually gets recycled.. I guess it is a start?

As always, just acquiring less is the best way forwards, but not always possible.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16507

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 25 8:43 am Post subject:

I agree Nicky. I must take my soft plastic down the road to the recycling. If paper bags are dirty they go on my compost heap, but clean ones can go into the kerbside recycling. I use both paper and plastic bags until they become unusable anyway, and always have a cloth (all be it nylon or something) bag in my handbag for odd bits. Sainsbury's did rigid boxes years ago, so supermarket shopping goes in them to bring home.

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