tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203323287774911355.post940337955032015865..comments2024-03-16T04:48:43.417+00:00Comments on Second Hand Susie: Angry Letter of the Month...Adsa and Cucumbers...Susie - secondhandsusie.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16727933470111599594noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203323287774911355.post-62153303172113974002012-02-17T23:12:31.961+00:002012-02-17T23:12:31.961+00:00Hi John, I am, of course, aware that there are peo...Hi John, <br><br>I am, of course, aware that there are people dying of hunger in the third world, and in fact that there are hungry people everywhere...however, I think making food last longer by double wrapping it in plastic film (which, to most people, is still un-recyclable) is not the way to solving world hunger or to securing a sustainable food production culture. I think there is something seriously skewed in a society that expects to have year round fresh fruit and veg flown in from all over the world...this only necessitates (double!) wrapping in plastic to make the produce last on it’s long journey...I do agree that pressure should be put on councils and food producers and shops to implement plastic film recycling schemes that are accessible to the public, but I also believe that people should be encouraged to eat local, seasonal, fresh produce that needs no plastic film wrap, and to buy only as much food as they will actually eat, so they don’t have fresh produce languishing in the fridge needing plastic film to keep it longer... plastic wrapping lasts longer than the vegetables it’s ‘protecting’ (fact) so double wrapping in plastic film seems criminal to me.soozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16727933470111599594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203323287774911355.post-71600160623089015302012-02-17T16:50:30.652+00:002012-02-17T16:50:30.652+00:00Has anyone thought that by wrapping vegetables we ...Has anyone thought that by wrapping vegetables we are stopping throwing away thousands of tons of food (while btw people are dying of hunger in the third world).<br>Plastic packaging make vegetables last for longer and keep their properties and flavour for longer (fact).<br>About sending plastic packaging to waste... some companies are already recycling plastic films. It is possible, we just need the government put some pressure on the councils so they actually put a good recovery system in place.<br>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203323287774911355.post-35420403842165995972011-06-09T16:12:00.067+01:002011-06-09T16:12:00.067+01:00Oh Kay, I agree with you about those pesky tetra p...Oh Kay, I agree with you about those pesky tetra packs! How very silly! I'm fully expecting to be fobbed off with some rubbish or other from Asda, but I always hope that if enough people say they don't like something then maybe they'll change it. One day, when I grow up and move out I shall have a veg box, I'm looking forward to it, my mum doesn't want to get one, so for now I'm stuck with strangely packaged supermarket veg!soozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16727933470111599594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203323287774911355.post-33155461634941902492011-06-08T23:44:28.150+01:002011-06-08T23:44:28.150+01:00We complained to several supermarkets a while ago ...We complained to several supermarkets a while ago about pulses being sold in tetra paks, instead of cans... As we no longer have recycling facilities in the UK for tetra paks, it just seems criminal to use them! Only Sainsburys replied, but passed the book saying it was the council's fault for not having the facilities to recycle the paks... So I wrote to the council, who said it was another company's fault & so on! Apparently, it's all about money...<br><br>No doubt, you will be told some long winded story about how it's safer to have the 2 wrappings, we buy our veg through a box scheme. only salad leaves come in a plastic, though biodegradable bag, so it's much better!<br><br>Kay :)The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com