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wildgarlic
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Pay recycling costs, stores told
UK supermarkets produce too much packaging, almost 40% of which is non-recyclable, local councils say.
The Local Government Association argues supermarkets should pay towards the collection of their packaging as an incentive to cut back.
In a survey of 29 common grocery items, it found Waitrose had the most wrapping while Tesco had the least.
But Waitrose said it had cut the weight of its packaging by a third since 2001 and believed the report was misleading.
Lidl had the least recyclable packaging on their products, Sainsbury's contained the most. |
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Smooth Hound
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quite right, it does seem a bit pointless making me balance my food on my head, or plead for a plastic bag, when all the stuff is contained in plastic and card, of corse we could all take our wrappers back to the supermarket along with our own bag.
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Ina
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Sounds like a pretty flawed study to me - the only thing it proves is that you can prove anything with statistics! For example - Lidl has the least percentage of recyclable packaging. But: I find that their products tend to have very little packaging in the first place - next to no unnecessary wrapping - plus they are the only ones who charge for their plastic bags and hence have been using a lot less than everybody else! That is, of course, changing a bit these days. And to use only 29 products is a bit restrictive, too: who chose which products to include?
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wildgarlic
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Good point Ina.
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