Recycling

Yes I used to love watching my nice white zorbit nappies flapping dry on the line.

It’s mind boggling isn’t it. So much packaging to cope with! I’m beginning to think we need to turn the clock back and use cotton hankies, towelling nappies, wash and cleaning cloths rather than wipes for everything. And tea instead of teabags. I’m trying to buy lose rather than over-packaged where possible but had to thing again today when I defrosted some soup in one of those plastic Pour and Store bags. Are they reusable? If. It, what’s the best way to dispose of them? Should we cut up all plastic before throwing it away - I keep thinking of that poor turtle caught in one of those six pack plastic thingies.

I always used terry nappies for my babies except when travelling when I used disposables. I had my children in the early 1970s.

When my grandchildren arrived in the early 2000s I gave terry nappies as presents but I think disposables were used a lot. I do find the thought of all thse disposable nappies going to land fill pretty shocking.

I was also thinking that there might be fewer dirty nappies flung about. One just missed my head as I walked past a block of flats once

They are all over the beach in summer too alongside the dog poop bags.

I can see the whole system breaking down if more third world countries follow China’s lead and refuse to accept foreign recycling for processing. Having said that, they could be doing their own manufacturers a disservice as one was reported as saying that if he couldn’t get the plastic pellets that resulted from processing the waste plastic, he would go out of business.

Anyone fancy being recycled in 2018?

There have been lots of complaints on here about how dirty China is. Not until now have I seen anywhere that it was said our rubbish pollutes China.