Comments on: The dirty business of waste packaging http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/05/the-dirty-business-of-waste-packaging.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Wed, 23 May 2012 08:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Janet http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/05/the-dirty-business-of-waste-packaging.html#comment-3054 Janet Thu, 29 May 2008 08:11:07 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=582#comment-3054 I think we both share the blame and both the consumer and businesses can do better things in order to stop such scenes from every appearing again on this planet. Lets just hope every does there part! I think we both share the blame and both the consumer and businesses can do better things in order to stop such scenes from every appearing again on this planet. Lets just hope every does there part!

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/05/the-dirty-business-of-waste-packaging.html#comment-3044 Wayne Smallman Wed, 28 May 2008 21:13:28 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=582#comment-3044 Lindsey, that is exactly the kind of point I was hoping someone would make. Brillian stuff, and thank you! We all appreciate the efforts required to make a product appeal to the average consumer, but these are strange times and they require a different kind of thinking. We need reduced packaging and we all want it now! Lindsey, that is exactly the kind of point I was hoping someone would make. Brillian stuff, and thank you!

We all appreciate the efforts required to make a product appeal to the average consumer, but these are strange times and they require a different kind of thinking.

We need reduced packaging and we all want it now!

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/05/the-dirty-business-of-waste-packaging.html#comment-3041 Lindsey Wed, 28 May 2008 20:00:27 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=582#comment-3041 And then I wrote this blog post, amongst many others, about saving carbon, the planet, and the absolute frustration with our administration to practice what they preach. And then I wrote this blog post, amongst many others, about saving carbon, the planet, and the absolute frustration with our administration to practice what they preach.

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/05/the-dirty-business-of-waste-packaging.html#comment-3040 Lindsey Wed, 28 May 2008 19:52:12 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=582#comment-3040 We remove all packaging from the products that we can and leave it on the shelves, keeping only the barcodes. It's up to them to decide whether we are attempting to steal food, or just make a non-violent protest about the wasted resources that they expect us to pay to transport and then throw away. Here in rural UK, it is 4 miles to the nearest plastics recycling and it makes no sense for them to transport it to the supermarket, us to take it 5 miles home, then take it a further 4 miles to recycle. So, we leave it with them and save the plastics etc covering a further 13 miles! And we have become <a href="http://www.freecycle.org.uk" rel="nofollow">avid members of Freecycle</a> and are amazed at how much we are able to prevent going into landfill now. One man's rubbish is another man's treasure....and all that. Anyone manufacturing products should think very carefully about what packaging they actually need around their product to protect it in transit, rather than to make it look good in the consumer's.... bin. We remove all packaging from the products that we can and leave it on the shelves, keeping only the barcodes. It’s up to them to decide whether we are attempting to steal food, or just make a non-violent protest about the wasted resources that they expect us to pay to transport and then throw away. Here in rural UK, it is 4 miles to the nearest plastics recycling and it makes no sense for them to transport it to the supermarket, us to take it 5 miles home, then take it a further 4 miles to recycle. So, we leave it with them and save the plastics etc covering a further 13 miles!

And we have become avid members of Freecycle and are amazed at how much we are able to prevent going into landfill now. One man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure….and all that.

Anyone manufacturing products should think very carefully about what packaging they actually need around their product to protect it in transit, rather than to make it look good in the consumer’s…. bin.

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