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Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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run free
run free
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Signed - thank you
TomahawkMike
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Ditto
JRitchie
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run free
run free
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Has anyone seen reverse vending machines in your area for plastic bottles?
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JRitchie
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Nope.
run free
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It is disappointing
run free
run free
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Extended producer responsiblity has been talked about for a couple of years to include RV machines.
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Masks made from Banana tree fibers could replace plastic: bloomberg.com
Snoot
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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.
run free
run free
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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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