I keep two cardboard boxes in the boot,groceries go out to the car in the shopping trolley,I have a wood burner so can burn the boxes when they are had it.This works for me.

bottynoodle - 2019-06-20 16:03:00

Not plastic but probably just as bad. I buy Greggs Coffee Sachets which I wish they would sell in a more sensibly packaged way. ie. I wish there was a bottled option. I guess sachets are more suitable for some people but I don't need them. Jarrah are just as bad with some of their chocolate drinks. I wish manufacturers would be a lot more responsible about the amount of unnecessary rubbish they are making.

paora-tm - 2019-07-20 13:09:00

ange164 wrote:

Here's my idea, what if they made themselves a depository for empty bread bags, and re-used those? they're mostly clear.

Good idea but they would have to be careful that people don't dump their rubbish etc in them.

Edited by rupps at 4:45 pm, Mon 22 Jul

rupps - 2019-07-22 16:45:00

I got a surprise this week when we were informed by the council that the plastic meat trays could no longer be recycled for "hygiene reasons" even if they have been washed. I remember the push for supermarkets to switch from polystyrene trays to plastic for that very reason. It makes me wonder how much research is put into these decisions in the first place. I feel some bathe in the glow of the announcements without a thought about the down track results.

nala2 - 2019-07-23 10:24:00

I have a pattern to make the aliexpress (link earlier) one that uses craft cotton. I am sure you could adapt it to use string or a light weight thread. the cotton makes it heavy, but it just stretches and stretches - marvellous bag. If anyone wants it I will try and find it.

jan2242 - 2019-07-25 09:20:00

I hate to dampen anyone’s enthusiasm, but making your own re-usable shopping bag, whether string or fabric, will probably cost more than buying one,

cosimo - 2019-07-25 21:46:00

Oh, and it’s probably worth giving an update since I started this thread over a year ago.

The fruit shop is thriving as a ‘no plastic’ shop. I and others have been supplying them with re-usable bags of all kinds to sell and as they sell at a reasonable cost, they fly out the door with anyone who forgets theirs or don’t have one, They took a big risk, and it has paid off for them.

cosimo - 2019-07-25 21:53:00

Forgive me, as I have not read all the posts! We get at least two magazines, weekly in the post, which have plastic sleeves. These I keep for the supermarket wh I buy small amounts of produce. The y are also used to slide the weekly tray of fish and can be scanned without removal.

lulu239 - 2019-07-31 16:42:00

lulu239 wrote:

Forgive me, as I have not read all the posts! We get at least two magazines, weekly in the post, which have plastic sleeves. These I keep for the supermarket wh I buy small amounts of produce. The y are also used to slide the weekly tray of fish and can be scanned without removal.

good idea. I haven’t worked out what to do with fish that currently get sealed in huge metallic bags - I’m not sure if they are environmentally kind.

cosimo - 2019-07-31 18:30:00