The man from Tesco came...he was intrigued and a bit baffled when I asked him to take his plastic bags back to the depot...bit I was relieved to hear that they do get bulked up and go back on a lorry for recycling....just a shame they used it to wrap the dishwasher salt that was already wrapped in plastic that we cannot recycle!!Apart from that, most things were either recyclable or compostable...apart from the notorious tetra pack smoothies and orange juice....plus some organic courgettes from Spain (food miles, now there's another debate, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/food_matters/foodmiles.shtml#what_are_food_miles) wrapped in plastic film on a polystyrene tray! That's something to improve on next week.
So with our big shop for the week out of the way, we are set up to monitor normal Rolls activity prior to Zero Waste Week....already we can see ways to minimise our impact and we've still got 7 days to go!
10 minutes later:
Hold the post!! Hats off to Tesco, my wife has just realised the courgette packaging is in fact compostable...yes, the whole lot, including plastic film, which is presumably starch based and not an oil based plastic, I fancy this is because its the organic range, maybe some peer pressure on Tesco will make them do it to all vegetable packaging?? why not write to their Greener Living Editor and ask them: editor.greenerliving@ehsbrann.com ...so all in all, hurrah...although it will be interesting to see the compost it creates in 9 months time!
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Good luck with the venture!
Tesco's All Butter Croissants. My wife insists on buying these - 4 in a plastic box. As if that's not enough on the carbon footprint front, they are then individually warmed in the oven instead of being eaten cold or bunged in the toaster!
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