Should Supermarkets ONLY supply products in 100% recyclable packaging.?
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Yes i think so, they probably will do soon
YES YES YES 100% YES
YES!, they should be fined for all the crap they use to contain food.
Absolutely! It would mean there would be less actual rubbish to throw away as most of it can be thrown in the recycle bin.
Definitely! Unless of cause in some cases its unavoidable.
Or reuseable packaging. Consider how "bags for life" and home delivery has taken off. Surely now is the time to expand from this, so your dry goods are delivered in reuseable packing that is acceptable in your cupboards.
Meanwhile, I buy organic fruit and veg when I can, but it annoys me that it is more heavily packaged than the normal stuff. I can see what's happening - they don't want people sneaking the expensive stuff through at the checkouts. Definite opportunity for someone to devise a clever way round this.
Yes although they'll find an excuse the put prices up to cover it. I reckon everyone should just take all the cardboard and plastic wrapping that they currently use back to the supermarket for them to deal with the recycling!
Yes and they should look at how to reduce all the packaging as well, why do you get some Broccoli wraped and some not??, one Apple wrapped in clingfilm on a Tray., come on
They would get my custom if they did !
i think that supermarkets should be made to make a lot of changes to the way they sell us products as like you say it would make a big difference. they have big profits year in year out and if they were serious about helping out with recycling they would do more than they are doing at the moment. they keep coming up with ideas that sound great but just touch the surface of what they could achieve. for example they recycle your bags for you in asda but it is the excess packaging being used that is the problem. manufacturers of certain products also need to redesign packaging.
yes, to stop filling the landfill sites. better still make them compostable like the fair trade fruit bags.
Not unless you wanna pay more for the packaging companys to start making it recyclable.
It would be nice but it aint gonna happen, least not anytime soon.
I agree where ever possible. Do we really need things like 2 jacket potatoes on a plastic tray then wrapped in cellophane.
Supermarkets should have bins at the checkout for all unwanted packaging so that we don't have to take it home to fill our recycling bins. If the supermarkets had to do the recycling themselves they would soon become more discriminating about their suppliers.
Or as I have done in the past just leave my packaging there anyway.
In fairness to some supermarkets they are trying to cut down on the amount of carrier bags they give out but perhaps they should stop having any at all and have the paper sacks they use in the USA and charge for them. Customers would soon get used to keeping string or cotton bags with them in their handbags, pockets or cars (which is another polluting problem)
Absolutely! I would also like to see recycled boxes used for burials. Why buy expensive caskets & try to preserve the body making it almost impossible to biodegrade when we should be thinking about going back to the soil.
Our entire lifestyle is all about taking from this planet & even in death we don't wanna give anything back.
Packaging that can either be reused or recycled would be best. Even attempting to limit purchases as much as possible will lead to cluttering up cabinets with reusable packaging...think about how much room those plastic bags take up if they are not recycled. They can be reused but can also be recycled if there is no more room for them.
Most packaging can be recycled in one way, shape, or form. The bigger issue is with the willingness of municipalities to recycle the materials and manufactures to use materials most people can recycle in their packaging.
My local recycling may only include type 1 and 2 plastic, newsprint, and magazines (in case you are wondering, cost is why the township will not push for a broader recycling program…this is the case with many municipalities in this area). Cardboard, paperboard, and office paper are not allowed so I must store them until I am going by the one place in the area that will take them…which is 40 minutes away.
Since most products are already in recyclable packaging, why are you waiting for the supermarket to take care of your problem for you?
I do at least part of my grocery shopping at a discount supermarket because instead of cutting up and recycling the cardboard boxes that all their stock is shipped in they stack them near the exits so you can use them instead of "paper or plastic".
In the hierarchy of reduce, reuse and recycle: reuse accomplishes more than recycle.
Their are alternatives to single use packaging NOW! It is up to you to choose them.
yes of course. we are constantly told to recycle and save the environment yet the government says nothing to the supermarkets that provide the plastic pakaging.
Yes, good idea!
Nope ~ we all need to change the way we shop and the market will change to accommodate us :)
I only purchase items in 100% recyclable containers. Lots of my food items are purchased in bulk using packaging brought from home. My produce comes from farmer's markets, and meats come from the butcher block. When I do buy something in a container, I always choose the one that comes in a recyclable containers and always buy the largest container possible.
Yes they should but they won't untill people start complaining and telling them to. Go to http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
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yes and lots more biodegradable plastic also they should charge for carrier bags if you use more than one. if people arent going to do something voulounterily they should be made too. the landfill sites can only last too long and we are abusing them.
I believe its vital that people start taking this very seriously, I think the problem has already begun. I'm becoming more aware of what I buy and for the items that are wrapped up and then so bl*dy hard to open, those essential items for which there is no alternative and you just HAVE to have then I think they should be. I have had a recyclable 'plastic' bag but the council will only take it if its in the bin bound for landfill ... ? I think the solution is to become more self-sustaining.
of course
The reason why supermarkets over wrap food is because we don't want it fingered by all 'n sundry. In the good/bad old days, it was behind the counter.
They should but they cant because it all has to do with profits they dnt really care, as lng as it seems that they care an theyr still makin profits then theyre happy. If it we the public didnt demand cheap products all the time then they probably could use 100%recyclable material. Until then they wont unless we change then i dnt think nything will.
Supermarkets should supply products in the most appropriate packing based on market demand and economic analysis, which is exactly what they do.
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