Tesco to start recycling bread bags and crisp packets
10/03/2021
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The supermarket is rolling out new recycling points for soft plastics that often end up in landfill.
Only about 50 years too late! I dread to think how much wildlife has been murdered as a result of this plastic waste, disgracefull
"Where there is good PR, there is money!"
It would be helpful if this could also be available on the delivery service.
It used to be and probably will be again.....,,,eventually!
I see no reason why the council recycling service can't collect these soft plastics.
If stuff is recyclable it should go in the recycling bin and get recycled. That's the process for recycling in this country. If that process isn't working then fix it, don't complicate things. Recycling is already complicated enough.
But thats the whole point - mixed plastic is a nightmare for recycling centres and there isnt a huge market for soft stuff - you are wrong - this isnt a case of making things more complicated, just applying a solution to a problem
This stuff is rejected by the roadside recyclers so this is very welcome
If you downvote please reply and say why. Most downvoted post is basically the same thing as 2nd most upvoted post. Wondering why.
Manufacturers should certainly design simpler packaging containing fewer mixed materials - some goods come wrapped in two or three types of plastic which can't easily be separated, even if the end user if willing to put in the effort. Cardboard boxes with plastic windows glued to them are another example.
But even Pringles are looking at recycling their notorious tubes now - change is possible!
But even Pringles are looking at recycling their notorious tubes now - change is possible!
You want to know why I down voted your post? A grown man complaining "recycling is already complicated enough"...really? Given that children in Primary schools manage I see no reason why you struggle sorting paper, plastic etc
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If the world produces 10 (for example) types of plastic, but your council only accepts 2 types for recycling, where is the rest going? Or are you suggesting that people should only buy stuff that is packaged in plastics that their council accepts for recycling?
Hooray. Long time coming but at least it is finally here. I think this will have a tremendous impact. Thank you Tesco for being proactive in this.
More fool you for believing the stunt
Well Done, Tesco! Morrisons provides carrier bag return (from any shop) but this goes much further. Excellent!
Morrisons carrier bag return box says you can also put bread wrappers and produce bags/wrappers into the same box. I've been using it for 18months, (except during first lockdown when it was taken away). Just waiting for them to get a crisp bag, snack wrapper box, as both can be recycled together, I presently pay for a crisp bag recycling box from zero waste, but it's expensive.
I like Tesco, but these changes are used for PR, nothing else. We waste huge amounts of paper and products each year. We ship our rubbish off around the world to be incinerated. Then we tell the world we are leading the push for climate change and have emissions down. Everything is just hijacked now, talk about climate change in December & before Christmas. Only then will I listen.
First 4 comments all negative. Typical of current climate. This is a positive step - well done Tesco.
A positive step would be talking about climate change in December and before Christmas. We don't because we are more interested in consumerism and then playing hero when it suits us. We have become such hypocrites in climate it's frankly laughable. Because come Easter & December, millions of tons of waste will be created. As well as cheap throw away fashion in weeks to come.
Maybe they have a chip on their shoulder, like poor old Mr PotatoHead.
Sadly for these neo-puritans virtue-signalling is the most important factor in their quest for 'self-actualisation'. For many of the hard-core on HYS, Twitter, etc, the easiest way of determining 'who they are' in an increasingly fragmented word is by castigating the rest of us for overconsumption, for not using the right pronouns, or for whatever else the social justice crime de jour may be.
SCREW TESCO....the horse has already bolted when it comes to recycling.Tesco are just pandering to public opinion which will enable them to sell more groceries and thereby create more waste.The Government should create laws to protect this planet from commercial parasites like Tesco et al.
Except, as I've just pointed out in a post, you have been able to recycle bread bags for some time now, it's written on the bag.
Also, when I buy a 6 bag of crisps, the bag that they come in is also recycleable, and has been for a while.
People don't look and read.
They also don't listen, but that is an aside.
Also, when I buy a 6 bag of crisps, the bag that they come in is also recycleable, and has been for a while.
People don't look and read.
They also don't listen, but that is an aside.
This smells like greenwashing because it is greenwashing.
Taking REAL action would involve eliminating all plastics - perfectly possible for foods. Though heavier, glass bottles with a biodegradable plastic nozzle would be perfectly suitable for most liquids, including chemicals such as cleaning products.
Taking REAL action would involve eliminating all plastics - perfectly possible for foods. Though heavier, glass bottles with a biodegradable plastic nozzle would be perfectly suitable for most liquids, including chemicals such as cleaning products.
Hmm, this seems like a passive negative comment to suggest the negativity is "typical". The upvoting on your comments shows that the majority (rightly) agree it is a positive step.
Just like Boris, Tesco aiming to grab as much publicity as they can. The trouble is that they have been a large part of the problem for many years and up to now have done little or nothing about it.
Yeah, well done for doing something you should have been doing anyway, and didn't start doing until the optics started looking too bad to ignore...
Good for Tesco - our council has hard plastic recycling and food waste collection - when I look in the general waste bin now about the only thing I see is this sort of soft plastic - this should be made compulsory for all supermarkets. Lets not demonise plastic as some do.... but anything that makes it more than one use is a good move
It's about the only thing that goes into my black bin as well, mostly the plastic wraps around 6-packs of cat food tins & the soft tops from hard plastic trays. If it could be recycled I'd only have to put the bin out about every 6 - 8 weeks.
Well done Tesco. This shows that these things can be recycled.
We need local councils to start recycling these things too so that we can do it without a trip to Tesco.
We need local councils to start recycling these things too so that we can do it without a trip to Tesco.
Its quite recent and currently expensive to run the tech that can do this. though i do agree
We already recycle bread bags, we make some of our own bread and the shop bought bags are great.
You can have the crisp packets though.
You can have the crisp packets though.
Why can I not recycle poly bags?
Councils should be told by government green policy people to do this, I am fed up with the hot air and very little action on the ground from those in Westminster.
Councils should be told by government green policy people to do this, I am fed up with the hot air and very little action on the ground from those in Westminster.
It should be noted that when it comes to plastic recycling. They very rarely do it themselves.
More likely, they contract a specialised company to collect it and leave it in their hands to recycle on the promise it'll be recycled.
Then these contractors have been known to subcontract to Malaysia based 'recycling' firms who 'pinky promise' to recycle it.
Landfill. Original company unaware.
More likely, they contract a specialised company to collect it and leave it in their hands to recycle on the promise it'll be recycled.
Then these contractors have been known to subcontract to Malaysia based 'recycling' firms who 'pinky promise' to recycle it.
Landfill. Original company unaware.
Our local council is going to charge to collect garden and food waste. Councils are a real problem here because they charge so much for services that people can’t afford to use them.
Good !
It is time supermarkets caught up with public opinion. Un recyclable or non bio degradeable packinging is no longer acceptable.
The public also want the freshest possible produce.
Unfortunately the public doesn't, and nor would it, understand the reasons why materials are used in many cases.
Stuff like plastic wrap on a multipack of something is of course immediately exchangeable for cardboard, but the material protecting the product isn't.
Unfortunately the public doesn't, and nor would it, understand the reasons why materials are used in many cases.
Stuff like plastic wrap on a multipack of something is of course immediately exchangeable for cardboard, but the material protecting the product isn't.
You are out of touch. That is not public opinion at all. Public opinion is that it should be dumped Willy nilly or strewn out the car window.
The vast majority of current polythene packaging is recyclable, but it costs money to collect and separate into its constituent categories and that's the problem - who pays?
one problem is we don't know what we want. is it better to have a product pack which is bio degradable but takes 5-10 time the energy to make than one which is lower cost but only recyclable? I genuinely don't know the answer and am not sure how you can decide.
"No plastic" is a great headline but is it ecologically sound if it causes more product waste and uses significantly more energy?
"No plastic" is a great headline but is it ecologically sound if it causes more product waste and uses significantly more energy?
You do realise that preventing waste going to landfil is robbing the future generations of this planet of fossil fuels. It all gets recycled, eventually.
And we want British produce. Not stuff that has been half way round the world.
But we can do our bit too - do you realise there are idiots buying bottles of french water?
But we can do our bit too - do you realise there are idiots buying bottles of french water?
Higher prices on daily goods are also not acceptable to public opinion. Ah, to inhabit the lofty realms of pseudo-consensus, free of the the complexities and needs of those below
They'll only catch up with public opinion when environmental concerns overtake price as being the main factor for where people shop.
Biodegradable waste should NOT be mixed in with other waste!
- It generally cannot be recycled and would therefor contaminate a recycling stream. Also, depending upon the mechanism of degradation.
- If it ends up in landfill it could generate CO2 and methane (which has a much worse GWP than CO2).
- It generally cannot be recycled and would therefor contaminate a recycling stream. Also, depending upon the mechanism of degradation.
- If it ends up in landfill it could generate CO2 and methane (which has a much worse GWP than CO2).
People don't HAVE to but goods that are in non-reyclable packaging. Also Bio-degradeable can still be a major issue and overall polluter.
A good step no doubt but there is a risk that people will see this as an excuse not to buy really environmentally friendly products
A good step no doubt but there is a risk that people will see this as an excuse not to buy really environmentally friendly products
If people didn’t buy the products that are non bio degradable then overnight the manufacture would change the packaging
It is improving, very slowly. Standing in the queue to pay in my supermarket, I get a nice view of the beer & cider aisle - hardly any plastic there now. Mostly cardboard packaging around bottles and cans. Still not as good as a freshly pulled pint from a keg, however - ultimate recycled packaging!!
Unfortunately I think the majority 'public opinion' view is 'I don't care'. As a result there's little consumer pressure on suppliers to change things. On the face of it this is a good move but not using that plastic in the first place (where possible) would be a good move. And we shouldn't demonise plastic which, used sensibly, is of massive benefit to product life and safety.
This is brilliant, as someone who actually studied recycling at Uni, both 2 years and 7 years ago. I know the soft plastics (which couldn't be recycled easily) can now be.
"studied recycling at Uni, both 2 years and 7 years ago"
Did you recycle your education?
Did you recycle your education?
Out of interest how did they solve the problem of polyolefins reverting to crystalline form or shortened or branching polymer chains after remelting?
Not a snide question, a genuine one, as it was still a major problem when I was getting polymer chemistry at uni.
Not a snide question, a genuine one, as it was still a major problem when I was getting polymer chemistry at uni.
A few will bother. But really how many will save them all up & take them back? Let alone the fact most are moving to home delivery, will the vans take these bags back? Then there will be the 'wrong' sort of bag in the mixes. Foil crisp bags and clear plastic food bags, are they really compatible?
Good stunt. But we all know there is no plastic problem only a littering problem. No change likely.
Good stunt. But we all know there is no plastic problem only a littering problem. No change likely.
Well done Tesco. This shows that these things can be recycled.
We need local councils to start recycling these things too so that we can do it without a trip to Tesco.
We need local councils to start recycling these things too so that we can do it without a trip to Tesco.
Apply the tens of thousands of fit, long term unemployed to hand sorting plastic waste four days a week, with a £40 payment each week & the other day a compulsory 8 hours on supervised job search.
Is this news? What about an HYS on Piers Morgan or the Meghan/ Harry accusation. Too volatile? BBC won't like the comments? And they will no doubt take down this post!
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Tesco need to offer recycling facilities for Tetra-Paks, as local council collections no longer accept these containers in the regular recycled item collection, they have to be taken to a local recycling centre, which is a pain unless one amasses a sizeable bag of them.
depends upon the council, and the companies to whom they send their collected recycling. Our local council do accept Tetra-paks, as per printed on their doorstep-collecting bags issued to households, so I assume they are actually recycling them. As for taking anything to local recycling centres, that's a stupid waste of energy if using individual vehicles to drive it there.
For a council / local authority - recycling is just a cost.
Yes - they try to recoup some of that where waste has a saleable value, but that value is very, very low.
They end up burning or burying some of it.
For Tesco - it's different - they've got you into their store.
And Tesco have made a cost/benefit that they gain from attracting you in store, and from improving their image.
But still GOOD
Yes - they try to recoup some of that where waste has a saleable value, but that value is very, very low.
They end up burning or burying some of it.
For Tesco - it's different - they've got you into their store.
And Tesco have made a cost/benefit that they gain from attracting you in store, and from improving their image.
But still GOOD
To those being negative, recycling thin plastic such as bread bags and crisp packets is very hard, hence why its not been possible until now.
There is a British company, Recycling Technologies that has done great work, backed by UK government grants.
Lets hope it can be widely rolled out.
There is a British company, Recycling Technologies that has done great work, backed by UK government grants.
Lets hope it can be widely rolled out.
Thank you for this information LovelyTim.
It would be nice if this was in the article but you've saved the day.
It would be nice if this was in the article but you've saved the day.
Progress as you say and good news too, but how much energy is required to achieve this difficult recycling process? Is the real green solution removal of such materials from the consumer product, packaging, waste, recycle loop. Surely we are using more resources just to avoid the challenge of behavior change that would make the real difference...Oh for Recycling Technolgies to make a profit too!
Its not hard, its expensive and economically unviable. Completely different thing.
Germany has been doing this for years. Why is the rest of the world always "behind"?
This is a multi-million pound company jumping on the green bandwagon with little or no thought to how they will actually deliver this! In the same way they introduced paper bags for loose fruit and veg not so long ago, which have proven to be totally unsuited for the purpose they were intended for. As a result we now have single use paper bags, which I don't think was quite the idea, was it!
Then better don't buy it, UK produce less than 1% of world waste and 90% of all we paintakingly put in our guilt free brown recycle bins end up in the ocean because it's cheaper to export via a middleman, on the excuse that if 1 person puts the wrong thing in a bin it is contaminated, well half the UK can't even read English instructions, let alone organise a military precision home waste system??
It's not so much that recycling these plastics is difficult per se, more that the resulting recycled plastic is altered and lacks the characteristics of the original. It is common to end up with recycled plastic nobody wants to buy.
But science is moving on all the time.
But science is moving on all the time.
Very good news as it seems they have a use for the material - unlike the clowns on our local councils who want us to separate in order to reach some recycling target figure and then burn it or have it dumped in another country.!
If the supermarkets were responsible for recycling all the plastic packaging they use surely its usage would diminish as they try to save costs. A win for the planet?
Packaging is used to increase profit but the cost of recycling it is borne by the public purse. This has to change.
Our Local Sainsbury’s has been doing this for a couple of years now, and we make full use of this facility. Their delivery drivers will also take soft plastic packaging away from our home. It's a good move hopefully more retailers will take up this approach.
I thought it wasn't recycleable at all, hence why we're told not to put it in our recycling bin?
I'm all for eco-friendliness and recycle as much as possible, but why is it being made so complicated?
What really makes me laugh is separating glass into its own tub, then the binmen come, empty the main recycling bin, then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?
I'm all for eco-friendliness and recycle as much as possible, but why is it being made so complicated?
What really makes me laugh is separating glass into its own tub, then the binmen come, empty the main recycling bin, then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?
It's 'cos different councils have different recycling contracts & some recycle materials others won't touch
It is about reducing waste, but it's also about making money
Where I live the recyclers will take any hard plastic packaging but where my partner lives, they stopped taking anything plastic except bottles
So I assume that Tesco have a recycler for whom it's cost effective to take wrappers
It is about reducing waste, but it's also about making money
Where I live the recyclers will take any hard plastic packaging but where my partner lives, they stopped taking anything plastic except bottles
So I assume that Tesco have a recycler for whom it's cost effective to take wrappers
They are difficult to recycle, but can be recycled in some areas. Problem is, if you put it in the recycling and your area can't recycle them, the whole bag of recycling has to go to landfill because of that one unrecyclable plastic bag.
Agreed - the binmen are somewhat thoughtless in their approach
Agreed - the binmen are somewhat thoughtless in their approach
There are lots of things that are recyclable that you can't put in a recycling bin. It's made complicated because it's an inherently complex subject. The most expensive part of the recycling process is separating the materials from one another, that's why they are asking us to put in the bare minimum of effort to help out.
You may find the back of the lorry has a divider. I thought the same until I noticed the lorry was actually split into two halves. So although it looks from your house as though they're throwing it all into the same compartment. Glass might go in the left hand compartment and the rest in the right.
So have you made your views known to the local council? Why have a moan on here when you can be sure your local council don't read this page? Do something rather positive.
I can happily say that the biggest problem I found when it came to recycling was it is so complex that alot of people don't actually know what to do. Some places can recycle, the issue is the tech and chemicals required are expensive. So kinda hard for all councils to do.
This is good news but because my council do not collect food waste (Rotherham) I use these bags for my food waste to keep my bin clean.
What I would really like to see is the companies who collect waste for councils do it in vehicles that don’t allow all the rubbish to blow out of the wagon when they drive off!
KEEP BRITAIN TIDY!
What I would really like to see is the companies who collect waste for councils do it in vehicles that don’t allow all the rubbish to blow out of the wagon when they drive off!
KEEP BRITAIN TIDY!
Now all we need to do is get China and India to reduce their coal burning by 90%.
Well done Tesco. I've been a regular user of one of the trial Tesco stores, and it has reduced the amount of waste going into our black landfill bin, to just a small carrier bag of waste a week. I don't need to have it emptied so often. The scheme seems to be well used.
How naive
For a council / local authority - recycling is just a cost.
Yes - they try to recoup some of that where waste has a saleable value, but that value is very, very low.
They end up burning or burying some of it.
For Tesco - it's different - they've got you into their store.
And Tesco have made a cost/benefit that they gain from attracting you in store, and from improving their image.
But still GOOD
Yes - they try to recoup some of that where waste has a saleable value, but that value is very, very low.
They end up burning or burying some of it.
For Tesco - it's different - they've got you into their store.
And Tesco have made a cost/benefit that they gain from attracting you in store, and from improving their image.
But still GOOD
As usual we will get the anti Tesco Brigade on here moaning that they are not doing enough when at least they are trying to do something. Perhaps they should be asking the likes of Morrisons why they are still using carrier bags for deliveries instead of the returnable, reusable and recyclable tray liners used by Tesco.
I didn’t know that the Tesco tray liners were returnable as no one had told me. I was throwing them away as I couldn’t find any other use for them. I will check this out on our next delivery.
My Morrisons started to use paper bags but these were quickly replaced by plastic. This is fine by me as the plastic bags can be reused and recycled again later. However, the one problem is that when dairy products are put into plastic bags; items like cream/yoghurt/eggs are easily broken.
If supermarkets didn't overpackage in the first place it might help. Why have four tomatoes in a plastic tray covered with plastic? Why does every sodding apple, pear, banana, kiwifruit have to have a sticky label on it? How many visually impaired people have inadvertently eaten them. As for deli products such as cold meat in difficult (for us with arthritic fingers) to open hard plastic .....
Yes, it would be better if the barcode could be grown into the fruit.
A very good comment, so good that i dont need to make my own comment now.
Thats what i would have put..
Nice one
Thats what i would have put..
Nice one
You under estimate the stupidity of the English public
The supermarkets produce huge quantities of soft plastic wrapping waste of their own & the landfill tax has incentivised them to find a way not to dump it.This is simply good PR in the meantime & hopefully incentivises the supermarkets to work with the manufacturer to minimise the amount produced in the first place.
@" Why does every sodding apple, pear, banana, kiwifruit have to have a sticky label on it?"
Because it requires less packaging than sticking the same information on an outer package. The principle is to let the fruit skin be the package and apply just a small, minimal label that.
Because it requires less packaging than sticking the same information on an outer package. The principle is to let the fruit skin be the package and apply just a small, minimal label that.
Oh yes, yes, yes. Pointless sticky labels. What are they actually for? Not blind people because they’re not in Braille, and if you’re sighted, surely you’d know that an apple is ... duh, an apple. Well said.
To prevent people spreading germs/viruses when they touch everything on the shelf.
Are you suggesting that visually impaired people eat bananas with the skin on?
This is superb news. A shame local councils don't take away plastic bags, pet food pouches and crisp bags for recycling too though.
And it’s an even greater shame that so many of the public don’t even take them home to dispose of.
I like Tesco, but these changes are used for PR, nothing else. We waste huge amounts of paper and products each year. We ship our rubbish off around the world to be incinerated. Then we tell the world we are leading the push for climate change and have emissions down. Everything is just hijacked now, talk about climate change in December & before Christmas. Only then will I listen.
That is just playground nonsense, it's true. Easter and then at Christmas we will waste millions of tons of waste. On top of that all the throw away cheap fashion. But now, lets play hero because it makes us feel better about ourselves. Maybe take your blinkers off and get real.
Well done to Tesco. That said they produce so much of the plastic packaging that has blotted the landscape they should take the lead.
Local authorities should have the power to prevent stores from selling goods in packaging that they cannot recycle.
Hold on. How much is it costing (in £ terms and in environmental terms) to collect, sort, recycle and reuse these items. The notion of recycling seems to be considered an end in itself. More important is to address the litter problem.
Nice idea...BUT
Can the recycling containers be situated outside in the car park, rather than carrying bags with rotting food into the shop?
In this virus conscious age we mustn't forget bacteria and moulds.
Can the recycling containers be situated outside in the car park, rather than carrying bags with rotting food into the shop?
In this virus conscious age we mustn't forget bacteria and moulds.
Rotting food? I think you're supposed to dispose of that separately.
Rotting food is not plastic. The recycle containers are already in most supermarket car parks
Someone else who couldn't be bothered to read the article before posting
"however they will need to clean items"
"however they will need to clean items"
It’s a good step. But it’s an easy step.
Will they go further and “significantly” cut the plastic used on food packaging in their stores? They are a big player, so have the power to make changes in supply
chain to use a lot less plastic. Doing so would change a big % of the populations buying habits, as we often just buy what’s conveniently on offer.
Will they go further and “significantly” cut the plastic used on food packaging in their stores? They are a big player, so have the power to make changes in supply
chain to use a lot less plastic. Doing so would change a big % of the populations buying habits, as we often just buy what’s conveniently on offer.
We should be making recycling easier. In London boroughs you get a recycling wheelie bin, for everything to go in and it gets sorted at a centre designed for it.
In other places, such as Swindon, you're expected to sort your rubbish out into 5 different bins and package your plastic in more plastic!
Talk about backwards. We're paying the tax AND doing the work for them too! Needs modernisation.
In other places, such as Swindon, you're expected to sort your rubbish out into 5 different bins and package your plastic in more plastic!
Talk about backwards. We're paying the tax AND doing the work for them too! Needs modernisation.
Rotherham is good at this too - just one bin for all plastic, metal and glass.
Just hope they will also start recycling soft plastics now that Tesco have shown it can be done.
Just hope they will also start recycling soft plastics now that Tesco have shown it can be done.
A positive step would be talking about climate change in December and before Christmas. We don't because we are more interested in consumerism and then playing hero when it suits us. We have become such hypocrites in climate it's frankly laughable. Because come Easter & December, millions of tons of waste will be created. As well as cheap throw away fashion in weeks to come.
How foolish you are. Nature sorts it's self out, death happens. Animals suffocated by plastic, trees and shrubs with rubbish hanging in them all down to humans. I'm a scuba diver and walker not an environmental hippie and I've picked up litter on land and underwater. Animals didn't make that litter, natural litter from death and decay decomposes and takes it's part in the circle of life.
Nature has its checks and balances, so that populations generally remain stable (within boundaries). Humans are an exception as we have few (if any) natural predators apart from microbes!. Natural systems don't need our rubbish adding to the problems they face.
What a pathetic & blind attitude you have towards nature.
Instead of collection points could Tesco not follow up their £4.50 minimum delivery service charge with a visit to collect all the plastic that they sent the customer in the first place.
A positive step, but if you want households to really recycle waste plastic all councils should be taking this stuff, and other recyclable materials, via kerbside collection.
The problem with kerbside collection of plastics is that the containers provided are only useful for hard plastics such as bottles and boxes. I have got round this by putting all my plastic waste into a plastic carrier bag and it is then taken in bulk by the kerbside team.
If these products are harder to recycle, why make them?
They keep your food fresh for longer. For example metal in the pouches excludes light. Alternative is a metal can.
So that the contents of the packaging can get to the user intact.
Exactly, I can never understand why suppliers are allowed to put items in non recyclable materials!
Because the manufacturers aren't responsible for recycling the packaging.
Tins (which is the alternate) can leach metals into the food. Also some foods are corrosive to metals. Fruit juices are a great example. That and these "non recyclable" products are becoming recyclable due to demand. in a 5yr gap from no tech and it being "Impossible" it became "We can actually do this"
Sorry Tesco but you've been a bit late there, Morrisons has been doing this for months.
Tesco uses more soya for animal feed than any supermarket in the UK. Fires are used as a tool by the industrial meat industry to clear vast areas of forest in the Amazon and elsewhere to use for cattle farms and soya plantations. When is Tesco going to stop destroying the Amazon?
Maybe just stop producing excess waste.
My clothes are worn until the holes & tears get too big even for at home or gardening.
100% cotton & wool such as old jeans & pullovers go in the compost bays.
Maybe stop denigrating the efforts of others & make some effort yourself.
My clothes are worn until the holes & tears get too big even for at home or gardening.
100% cotton & wool such as old jeans & pullovers go in the compost bays.
Maybe stop denigrating the efforts of others & make some effort yourself.
Will it actually get recycled or will it be shipped half way around the world so someone can dump it in the sea?
Good. I hope they also reinstate the recycling service for printer cartridges, batteries and light bulbs. That facility has been missing recently.
Nice idea...BUT
Can the recycling containers be situated outside in the car park, rather than carrying bags with rotting food into the shop?
In this virus conscious age we mustn't forget bacteria and moulds.
Can the recycling containers be situated outside in the car park, rather than carrying bags with rotting food into the shop?
In this virus conscious age we mustn't forget bacteria and moulds.
If these products are harder to recycle, why make them?
A metal can is fully recycleable, including the paper label.
Alternative is a metal can,
Which can easily and cheaply be recycled time after time and uses far less energy throughout a long life.
Which can easily and cheaply be recycled time after time and uses far less energy throughout a long life.
A steel can is easier to recycle, they are easily identified at recycling centres using a magnet, back to a smelter and then reused.
Pet food pouches need to be segregated from other recycling and sent to a very small number of specialised recycling facilities, so more likely off to landfill.
Pet food pouches need to be segregated from other recycling and sent to a very small number of specialised recycling facilities, so more likely off to landfill.
If these products are harder to recycle, why make them?
If these products are harder to recycle, why make them?
Been doing so at my local tesco for maybe 2 years now
Drastically reduces our household waste!
Drastically reduces our household waste!
Instead of collection points could Tesco not follow up their £4.50 minimum delivery service charge with a visit to collect all the plastic that they sent the customer in the first place.
Why should anyone spend their day sorting out another persons litter and rubbish. Fine supermarkets for using all these wrappers.
We should be making recycling easier. In London boroughs you get a recycling wheelie bin, for everything to go in and it gets sorted at a centre designed for it.
In other places, such as Swindon, you're expected to sort your rubbish out into 5 different bins and package your plastic in more plastic!
Talk about backwards. We're paying the tax AND doing the work for them too! Needs modernisation.
In other places, such as Swindon, you're expected to sort your rubbish out into 5 different bins and package your plastic in more plastic!
Talk about backwards. We're paying the tax AND doing the work for them too! Needs modernisation.
Just checked a packet of Tesco's own brand crisps I bought recently.
"Soft plastic" it isnt. Metallised foil & I would think quite hard to recycle.
Forget recycling plastic, just stop using it for food packaging.
"Soft plastic" it isnt. Metallised foil & I would think quite hard to recycle.
Forget recycling plastic, just stop using it for food packaging.
crisp packets are recyclable!
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/crisppacket
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/crisppacket
Many plastic bags around fruit / veg & bread bags can already be recycled with old carrier bags at many large Asda/Waitrose/Sainsbury already.
Plus Walkers to have a crisp packet recycle network.
Bigger problem is Tetrapak uht milk type cartons. Only a few places will take them.
Plus Walkers to have a crisp packet recycle network.
Bigger problem is Tetrapak uht milk type cartons. Only a few places will take them.
Well done by TESCO helping us with our collective public shame over all things eco. Even better you got free advertising from this and didn’t have to cover all your uk shops in one go. A win win, we feel so much better , all the woke support you and the re cycling done every week by many people through rubbish collections , and the refuse industry can be ignored.
If supermarkets didn't overpackage in the first place it might help. Why have four tomatoes in a plastic tray covered with plastic? Why does every sodding apple, pear, banana, kiwifruit have to have a sticky label on it? How many visually impaired people have inadvertently eaten them. As for deli products such as cold meat in difficult (for us with arthritic fingers) to open hard plastic .....
And how does that work with items you CAN put into a paper bag and weigh?
"Yes, it would be better if the barcode could be grown into the fruit."
To avoid this, retailers have an incredibly sophisticated bit of equipment at the checkouts called a laminated sheet with the barcodes on. Or you press "apples" on the screen of a weighing scale. Just because you can't think of another way, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
To avoid this, retailers have an incredibly sophisticated bit of equipment at the checkouts called a laminated sheet with the barcodes on. Or you press "apples" on the screen of a weighing scale. Just because you can't think of another way, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
"Yes, it would be better if the barcode could be grown into the fruit."
Har Har, there are rarely barecodes on the sticky labels on fruits anyway. It's always the brand label. You have to go to the scales and weigh them and then print out the barcode.
Har Har, there are rarely barecodes on the sticky labels on fruits anyway. It's always the brand label. You have to go to the scales and weigh them and then print out the barcode.
Now there's a challenge for genetic engineers.
Good this is happening but ultimately we need to look at ways of stopping some of these packaging approaches at source, rather than addressing through recycling. Terracycle recycle pet food pouches and other items, so Tesco are not first, but the Terracycle schemes are smaller scale and not available everywhere.
It’s a good step. But it’s an easy step.
Will they go further and “significantly” cut the plastic used on food packaging in their stores? They are a big player, so have the power to make changes in supply
chain to use a lot less plastic. Doing so would change a big % of the populations buying habits, as we often just buy what’s conveniently on offer.
Will they go further and “significantly” cut the plastic used on food packaging in their stores? They are a big player, so have the power to make changes in supply
chain to use a lot less plastic. Doing so would change a big % of the populations buying habits, as we often just buy what’s conveniently on offer.
until the incredible number of mixed material yoghurts are banned this is insignificant.
I thought it wasn't recycleable at all, hence why we're told not to put it in our recycling bin?
I'm all for eco-friendliness and recycle as much as possible, but why is it being made so complicated?
What really makes me laugh is separating glass into its own tub, then the binmen come, empty the main recycling bin, then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?
I'm all for eco-friendliness and recycle as much as possible, but why is it being made so complicated?
What really makes me laugh is separating glass into its own tub, then the binmen come, empty the main recycling bin, then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?
It's 'cos different councils have different recycling contracts & some recycle materials others won't touch
It is about reducing waste, but it's also about making money
Where I live the recyclers will take any hard plastic packaging but where my partner lives, they stopped taking anything plastic except bottles
So I assume that Tesco have a recycler for whom it's cost effective to take wrappers
It is about reducing waste, but it's also about making money
Where I live the recyclers will take any hard plastic packaging but where my partner lives, they stopped taking anything plastic except bottles
So I assume that Tesco have a recycler for whom it's cost effective to take wrappers
"then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?"
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If they can't/won't recycle glassware why have they (as I presume they have) told you to present your glassware separately? Or are you separating them on your own initiative? If the latter, it's your responsibility to take them to a bottle bank IF you want them recycled.
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If they can't/won't recycle glassware why have they (as I presume they have) told you to present your glassware separately? Or are you separating them on your own initiative? If the latter, it's your responsibility to take them to a bottle bank IF you want them recycled.
For once BBC I agree with your obligatory daily environment story.
Recycling is a very simple way of creating efficiency and reducing the consumption of resources than encouraging the whipped up braying masses to pump money and taxes into inefficient schemes for government and capital investors profit.
Recycling is a very simple way of creating efficiency and reducing the consumption of resources than encouraging the whipped up braying masses to pump money and taxes into inefficient schemes for government and capital investors profit.
FINALLY!!! Too much plastic is used for packaging by supermarkets.
Perhaps they could have a good shout at cadbury et al for changing from paper and foil to plastic covering.
Even bags of sugar are now in plastic - what was wrong with those paper bags they used for over a hundred years?
Even bags of sugar are now in plastic - what was wrong with those paper bags they used for over a hundred years?
brown colour deemed racist no doubt.
Our sugar still comes in paper bags and we recycle them. It's "Silver Spoon" from Morrisons (and probably from other suppliers, too).
Isn't "plastic recycling" greenwash for the oil industry? "Recycling" is too vague. If the returned plastic is being expensively (where the real benefit is marketing) made into a lower quality even less recyclable product, it should have a different name to differentiate it from - say - metals or glass recycling which can almost totally recover the original material.
Just stop using plastic.
Just stop using plastic.
Not really no. Recyling is better than landfill or escape to the environment. Avoiding and reusing is better but recycling has a place as plastic is so ubiquitous and useful. Avoiding it is much easier said than done. Besides only about 15% of oil is used to make things.
Nice idea...BUT
Can the recycling containers be situated outside in the car park, rather than carrying bags with rotting food into the shop?
In this virus conscious age we mustn't forget bacteria and moulds.
Can the recycling containers be situated outside in the car park, rather than carrying bags with rotting food into the shop?
In this virus conscious age we mustn't forget bacteria and moulds.
I thought it wasn't recycleable at all, hence why we're told not to put it in our recycling bin?
I'm all for eco-friendliness and recycle as much as possible, but why is it being made so complicated?
What really makes me laugh is separating glass into its own tub, then the binmen come, empty the main recycling bin, then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?
I'm all for eco-friendliness and recycle as much as possible, but why is it being made so complicated?
What really makes me laugh is separating glass into its own tub, then the binmen come, empty the main recycling bin, then throw the glass in the same truck after it anyway. What's the point?
Tesco to start recycling bread bags and crisp packets
Yuck!
Think it through - do you really want all those smelly bags in your stores and then stuffed in boxes as packaging?
Yuck!
Think it through - do you really want all those smelly bags in your stores and then stuffed in boxes as packaging?
Did you read the article before commenting?
"however they will need to clean items"
"however they will need to clean items"
It’s easy, you put the banana’s with a ‘grown on’ barcode, in to a CLEAR plastic bag. I don’t want all the glory, it’s the same logic as when you buy pre-peeled fruit, in plastic pots.
I'd sooner that this was done by our Council waste collection services.
Wouldn't we all but would you sooner like the higher tax bill?
Then in actual fact don't eat the crisps.....give them straight to one of the families who the extra tax pushes into poverty to feed their kids...
All a balance and being green costs...
Then in actual fact don't eat the crisps.....give them straight to one of the families who the extra tax pushes into poverty to feed their kids...
All a balance and being green costs...
Won't work as most people won't be bothered for worthless collection points...
Let me tell you the best way is to use degradable bags
China has banned on non-degradable bags in an attempt to curve its plastic waste production.
Let me tell you the best way is to use degradable bags
China has banned on non-degradable bags in an attempt to curve its plastic waste production.
crisp packets are recyclable!
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/crisppacket
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/crisppacket
Local authorities should have the power to prevent stores from selling goods in packaging that they cannot recycle.