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Was in Sainsbury's Stafford yesterday - MASSIVE selection of vegan cheeses and meals!
So jealous! Nothing like that for miles where I am!
In Sainsburys recently and hadn't been for a short while so got to see the change around.
Woh(!) the milk choice we now have!!
I dont understand this at all...I'm all for getting rid of plastic (who on their right mind needs to protect a whole Coconut in shrink wrapped plastic anyway?), but, isn't using paper just as bad? I was born in the 70's & grew up being told that we were using too much paper, cutting down too many trees, which was causing de-forrestation which in turn was affecting our climate.... Paper is bad!I finally visited Tranquility near Castlefields today. Small but lots of vegan friendly cosmetics. Bought a couple of shampoo bars to help reduce our single use plastic usage. Did recommend to the owner that people who want vegan friendly products probably care about the environment as well so would possibly prefer soap wrapped in paper.
I dont understand this at all...I'm all for getting rid of plastic (who on their right mind needs to protect a whole Coconut in shrink wrapped plastic anyway?), but, isn't using paper just as bad? I was born in the 70's & grew up being told that we were using too much paper, cutting down too many trees, which was causing de-forrestation which in turn was affecting our climate.... Paper is bad!
Recently, in a large supermarket that shall remain nameless, I spotted a couple that were using small cloth mesh bags (the type that you put your smalls in, in the washing machine) to keep their veg together whilst being weighed, which is a brilliant idea, easily washable & reuseable - and on my recent holiday in Wales I noticed that shops there are bringing back those stretchy string bags from the 70's - I wish I had thought to buy one at the time!
So, is it just me that thinks that paper is as bad as plastic?
@Gramaisc & @kyoto49 I get & agree with both of your posts, but using paper/cardboatd is still just as bad & in effect robbing Peter to pay Paul.
According to WWF we are still loosing 27 football pitches per minuite to deforrestation which has a huge effect on our climate....
https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation
...this cant be good... Someone invent a soloution quick!
And 'trees for paper' tend to be the northern coniferous types, which will grow on land that's not in great demand for anything else, plus recycling of paper-based packaging and newsprint in this country is claimed to be at around 80% now..What @Gramaisc says, deforestation is almost never caused by the felling of trees for paper, the trees for that are from managed plantations.
In Sainsburys recently and hadn't been for a short while so got to see the change around.
Woh(!) the milk choice we now have!!
Recently, in a large supermarket that shall remain nameless, I spotted a couple that were using small cloth mesh bags (the type that you put your smalls in, in the washing machine) to keep their veg together whilst being weighed, which is a brilliant idea, easily washable & reuseable -
Its a great idea!Oh hey, I think you might have spotted me & the mrs out shopping. ( I don't notice many other folks doing it, and B is very into waste minimising) - we also take re-usable containers to the various Makers/farmers markets and Vegan festivals rather than making use of extra packaging.