Widely Recycled?

Yes, Calendargirl, this is one of my favourite rants! Our council (and it's not the only one) will take only plastics marked 1 and 2, and just marking that something is widely recycled DOES NOT HELP!! Tesco is very bad for this with things like own brand cold meats (treated myself to some mixed salami recently, but won't do it again).

I'm sure you're right that people probably don't take the time to read the instructions when the bottle and the cap and the sleeve are all different.

Isn't it time that the manufacturers and the supermarkets took responsibility for sorting out the packaging so that it is either biodegradable or easily recyclable, rather than blaming the poor old customer who is trying to do her best?

I always cut the plastic sleeve off any product I buy that has one. I would, of course, prefer the products to come without them, but there isn't always an alternative.