Prices go up and down but there is a massive amount of sorting that has to be done to get down to single waste streams. Plastic is an enormous problem as there are so many different types and mixes - one of the reasons why the flimsy film tops of pots tubs and trays aren't recycled into new plastic items. PET and HDPE are recycled most. If you look at the bottom of say a plastic grape box you will often find rPET which shows that there is recycled content in the box - so it does happen. HDPE plastic milk bottles can be recycled back into plastic milk bottles but that doesn't mean that it happens.  Vast numbers of plastic bottles of all types still don't make it back into the system. https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/milk-bottles-0 New and safe uses for reuse and recycling of packaging materials is always being sought. There is still not enough producer packaging responsibility as we still get too much unnecessary packaging and hard to recycle packaging. In Germany you would be able to leave packaging inside the store instead of taking it home and having to deal with it there. I see that from a thread on cw4.com that Waitrose have now changed their policy and you don't have to accept all their plastic packaging on fish.  Mackens will wrap your fish in paper.  There is a new store on Chiswick High Road where you can take your own containers to be filled. The problem is our inability to say enough is enough and make a stand.  What a lot of sad marketing victims we've become.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	15/01/18 09:59:00	Jennifer Selig
Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	15/01/18 10:10:00	Sarah Felstead
Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	15/01/18 14:59:00	Jennifer Selig
Re:Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	15/01/18 18:15:00	Iain Muir
Re:Re:Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	15/01/18 18:22:00	Jennifer Selig
Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	15/01/18 18:26:00	Philippa Bond
Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	17/01/18 12:02:00	Sarah Thomas
Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	17/01/18 15:00:00	Sarah Felstead
Re:Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	17/01/18 15:12:00	Sarah Thomas
Re:Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	17/01/18 15:30:00	Philippa Bond
Re: Difficult to Recycle	19/01/18 19:30:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re: Difficult to Recycle	19/01/18 22:37:00	Virginia Fassnidge
Re:Re:Re: Difficult to Recycle/Dealing with Fat & Oil	23/01/18 17:14:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re: Difficult to Recycle/Dealing with Fat & Oil	09/03/18 17:54:00	Philippa Bond
Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	11/03/18 20:23:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	13/03/18 12:38:00	Jennifer Selig
Re:Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	13/03/18 12:50:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	18/03/18 17:46:00	Philippa Bond
Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	19/03/18 07:32:00	Andy Herrick
Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	19/03/18 12:02:00	Philippa Bond
Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	19/03/18 16:21:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:BLACK PLASTIC FOOD POTS/TRAYS	20/03/18 22:42:00	Philippa Bond
Glass Prices	23/03/18 14:02:00	Philippa Bond
Re: Textile Bank Scams:  Textiles are valuable	24/03/18 10:10:00	Philippa Bond

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