Big Plastic Count

[igenlode]

I completed my week's Big Plastic Count data for this year -- to my surprise it was actually one item fewer than in 2022 (12 items as versus 13), despite the fact that it was not a very representative week in terms of the amount of plastic waste generated.

During the count period I happened to get given a fair few plastic-packaged items of food by other people to use up, including a packet of crisps, a plastic pint bottle of milk on the turn, and two plastic packages of fresh herbs, none of which would have featured in a normal week! I also succumbed to the lure of massively-reduced supermarket vegetables on the bargain aisle (rhubarb for 63p instead of over £2 unpackaged at the greengrocer's) and ended up finishing those during the count period....

Comments

[watervole]

Plastic is an odd thing. I occasionally get annoyed by campaigns to remove all supermarket plastic -because some of it extends shelf life and hence reduces food waste.
but like you, I try to minimise my use of it.

I don't buy much in the way of toys for my granddaughter - virtually all cuddly toys are acrylic, so none of those (unless from charity shops) and I can't recall when I last got her anything made of plastic - apart from some of the pieces in new board games.

She has a wonderful ability to make games with virtually anything.