Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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run free
Signed - thank you
Jul 2020
10:57pm, 24 Jul 2020
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TomahawkMike
Ditto
Aug 2020
2:13pm, 1 Aug 2020
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JRitchie
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Aug 2020
11:57pm, 1 Aug 2020
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run free
Has anyone seen reverse vending machines in your area for plastic bottles?
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7:00am, 2 Aug 2020
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JRitchie
Nope.
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11:02am, 2 Aug 2020
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run free
It is disappointing
Aug 2020
11:03am, 2 Aug 2020
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run free
Extended producer responsiblity has been talked about for a couple of years to include RV machines.
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10:31pm, 2 Aug 2020
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Masks made from Banana tree fibers could replace plastic: bloomberg.com
Aug 2020
12:52pm, 13 Aug 2020
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Snoot
Not seen any of the RV machines around here. Does baffle me how despite County councils being responsible for recycling the Borough / District councils managing the sites can be so different in what they collect. In Allerdale we can only recycle plastics with a screw top yet in South Lakes they take plastic bags and trays as long as not black / brown.
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5:12pm, 13 Aug 2020
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run free
Snoot do you know what happens to the plastic bags and trays?
You should be able to find an End Destination Charter to show where your recyclables are going

About This Thread

Maintained by run free
Information about Plastic Packaging:
UK: wrap.org.uk

EU: ec.europa.eu

What products have microbeads?
beatthemicrobead.org

To help you reduce try one level at a time:https://tyrelady.wordpress.com/support-the-challenges/



What the EU is doing:
europa.eu

- currently the UK will be following SOME of the EU measures.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Terms used to describe plastic:
1. Biodegradable (also oxi-biodegradable)
2. Bioplastic
3. Compostable
4. Plastic that potentially could be recycled (has numbers)
5. Plastic that cannot be recycled

Some resources:
BBC's info on the numbers on Plastics:
news.bbc.co.uk

The misconceptions of biodegradable plastics from an academic:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b04051?src=recsys&

Understanding plastic terms:
wrap.org.uk

Bioplastic developments as seen by British Plastic

britishplastics.co.uk

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