DeclanDublin
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the bags for the bread rolls are all plastic. No option for paper ones.
aluminium trays
What's the issue with citizens who use a plastic bottle and putting it into a green bin to be ultimately recycled??? How does that lead to a sea of plastic waste?
How are your little plastic bags from Tesco ending up in the sea if you didn't put them there?
Maybe we should just start shooting people who dump their bottles and other plastic.
Unfortunately even those of us who are still plastic aware are also contributing to the problem. Plastic bags cannot be recycled currently - they clog up the machinery - so they get dumped to landfill - and of course some of that will escape into the wild. Recyclable plastics are being exported to the far east and at the moment - they have shut down on what they will take. And if the products are contaminated with rubbish (which happens too easily) they cannot be recycled - and are being dumped in the far east. I use way too much plastic myself. And the way food is packaged does not help. - "Reduce" then "Reuse" should be the first two options - long before "Recycle"!
We are using far less plastic now than we did say 20 years ago
We're back from a couple of weeks in Asia. Pollution is so bad there even normal people wear masks filtering their body air intake. There's more waste in these countries to make Ireland's waste negligible in comparison.
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Our countryside suffers from fly-tippers. Parts of Cork would leave parts of Calcutta looking like a pristine operating theatre. Our streets are plentiful with waste of all descriptions.
I feel the whole country has been duped into believing that we are amongst the most dreadful people for pollution. Whichever way we turn the products are going to be dearer as a result.
I read the Guardian online. That saves even more resources!Got the Guardian at the weekend and the magazines which like most newspapers are in a plastic bag but this time the bag was marked as fully compostible. Credit where credit is due.
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