I've seen great examples of supermarkets taking back empty drink bottles (plastic) after use. You pay 20P on top of the price of your bottle of choice and the 20P is refunded when you return the bottles to the same shop. I'd LOVE to see that in the UK.
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Instead of doing stuff like that they should worry about the mess theyre creating everyday by selling products in packaging that ends up creating a huge pile of waste with bags and bottles.
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Do they have resources for recycling plastic bags and suchlike at these big supermarkets? It's really frustrating how people will take more shopping bags for the smallest things. The Co=op makes plastic bags designed to break down within a year or so, I've heard.
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biodegradeable plastics do you mean? Kleeneze (home catalogue, like avon) sells biodegradeable plastic binliners of all sizes. Ikea recycles plastics. It is situated at the exit (how convenient!!!)
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Wow, two thing..
They do? And, they do?
Great comment, thanks jules :)
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Exactly! Biodegradable! That's the one! I've had a serious mental block with that word lately. I don't know why.
But it's really great that big companies are taking this idea on - if only more supermarkets like Tesco, Sainsbury's etc. will do it.
They probably will eventually, but there's no time like the present.
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