Being Eco Friendly

[-SharonA-]

Just watching Lorraine in the segment about being eco friendly in the kitchen. One of the big no, no's was buying washing up liquid in those plastic bottles. Why doesn't the government shut down these plants that make these plastic bottles or make them switch to an eco friendly solution?
Also, glass milk bottles, how many supermarkets sell milk in glass bottles???
Instead of trying to get all users to change and do their bit, they should be looking at the source who manufacture these things.

[Bobbisox1]

I agree Sharon, go to the manufacturer before hitting on Joe Public

[cashier]

Exactly we can't change how we buy things if they are only provided in plastic. We used to have glass milk bottles. Also, if we all had as much money as Lorraine, we would be able to buy eco friendly, biodegradeable, reusable everything.

[237SJ]

People would soon be moaning about having to carry home a load of heavy glass bottles from the supermarket. Especially those who are too precious to drink tap water and insist on buying a week`s worth of drinking water in bottles.

[douglas9401]

Och, jings.

[pastafreak]

Well, I'm not "too precious " yet I unashamedly buy water. The water here is so chemically treated, you can smell the chlorine as soon as you turn the taps on some days.
But I certainly agree that there needs to be a solution to the plastics packaging problem.

[barry1010]

If you want to you can buy shampoo, conditioner and soap in bars. You can easily make your own household cleaners but bleach, in my opinion, should always be sold in a distinct plastic bottle. You can also buy bars for washing up.

I have 18 pints of milk delivered once a week - the 6 pint plastic bottles store easily in my fridge, 18 glass pint bottles wouldn't. Surely it is more eco and traffic friendly to have one delivery a week rather than several.
The plastic is recycled and used for all sorts of things including road surfacing.

The problem with liquids being sold in non-plastic bottles is that if there is a leak on the way home the store is liable for the cost of replacing not just the leaky bottle/package but any shopping that has been contaminated with the contents. If cleaning products contain anything that 'eat' packaging it becomes very difficult to find a plastic substitute.

As for the government shutting down plants - how could they implement that on foreign manufacturers? Look at the shampoos etc sold in bargain stores such as B&M and pound shops - often the writing is foreign and the goods are imported.

[Smowball]

Why can’t you take your empty washing up liquid bottles etc somewhere to fill them up? Or can you??

[barry1010]

You can, refill shops are springing up all over the place and Asda is trialling it for all sorts of things including cleaning products, personal hygiene, cereals, pasta, rice, flour, sugar, dried fruits etc

[curlygirlies]

Is Google banned on here or something? Just search for refillable cleaning products, thousands of them.

[Chipchopper]

I think we need to support the big stores that endorse eco-friendly products, to get them competing with each other.

[barry1010]

https://corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2020/10/20/asda-opens-new-sustainability-store

[barry1010]

There is a massive downside to 'eco' fresh food - it creates mountains of food waste. Morrison's has tried several times to sell cucumbers without the shrink wrap plastic and the cucumbers were already soft and rubbery when they arrived at the shops. Unpalatable and unsellable.

[maggiebee]

I can take an empty bottle and get it filled with washing up liquid. Only problem is that I would have to drive about 5 miles to do this which rather defeats the purpose.

[dannyk13]

Aren't those plastic botles recylable?