A game changer for plastic waste

I saw that too, parsley. Another idea is about making car parts out of recycled plastic bottles. I do love human ingenuity and, after all, adapting to problems Nature and our own mistakes (if plastic can be called a mistake—it's made out of what was originally organic material, after all) is how Life works.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Sounds good. I have seen park benches made out of reused plastic and they look attractive and do seem tough enough for the job.

M&S used to sell fleeces which were labelled as having been made from plastic bottles, as, apparently, many fleeces are. I understand that they had to stop labelling them like that because a lot of people are so stupid that they don't want to think they are wearing old bottles! Presumably they prefer to think that their plastic fleeces are made from new oil derivatives.

Every carpet in my house is made from recycled plastic.

Anything which can help to alleviate the devastation in our oceans and the never ending landfill situation I am totally in favour of.

Excellent news. I hope more companies follow them.
That's the kind of enterprise the govt. should be donating to.

It's been trialled on the roads in North Cumbria. I'm so pleased to hear that it's going into commercial production. Good for them.

My recently bought radios arrived double boxed within plastic bagging which (it's writ large) is recyclable.
I was disappointed to find that the radios themselves were embedded in polystyrene casing and unrecyclable plastic.
Let's hope some bright spark can come up with a casing made of something suitable which not only prevents breakage but can be recycled.

I've just watched Inside the Factory. They were making pizzas for Iceland. Currently the pizzas are wrapped in plastic and then put into boxes, but shortly, (they didn't say when) they will be wrapping them in a product made from starch.
It can be done.

I love the idea of recycling plastic but this does not stop the use of plastic.

Ther will always be uses for plastic. It cannot be uninvented and in many cases enables us to do things or make things safer - disposable hospital equipment, such as gloves, previously these weren't worn at all and needles and syringes, which were previously sterilised and not always effectively.

There was a programme on Radio 4 yesterday about a plant that has been built (not in the UK) that recycles used disposable nappies.

yes, I heard some of that.

This is certainly something that I am interested in, I have looked at the contents of my bathroom, and 95% of the containers are single use plastic.
I am determined to eradicate most of this by the end of 2019.
One of the products I use a personal lubricant is only available in a plastic tube, I have contacted my supplier who have told me they have no intention of changing this.
Does anyone know of a plant oil based product, that is available in a glass jar.?

DGS got an award yesterday for his save the planet initiative! He wants everyone to bring packed lunches to school in washable containers and have zero litter and no plastic. He has started a club and they've put homemade posters around the school.
Already at age 7 he has been on many beach clean-ups so he understands better than most about the damage we humans are doing to the earth.
Needless to say we are very proud of him.

That's lovely Grammaretto!

You should be justifiably proud of the little chap for his acheivements.

There's nothing like a beach clean up to give a wake up call to our grandchildren .

I was pleased to see the Coop has green biodegradable carrier bags now that’s really good I believe Netherlands have been using the roads