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Now they are getting worried about recycling all those cups,as from outside they look like cardboard,but inside the cup is a thin layer of plastic,and sadly only a handfull of recyling centres can take them.
2.5 Billion cups are used per year,but only 1% are being recyled.Now that is shocking,
Now i am doing my bit,my garden is ONLY watered from water i have collected from my butts,i compost everything i can,i am about the only person up my close who doesnt pay the council to take my garden rubbish away,and my good lady says im 'finicky' about my recycling.
Im worried about the planet,wherever i look people just throw crap out of their motor vehicles, and dont get me started about the state of our oceans.
You're right though. The amount of takeaway food packaging that gets slung out of vehicles is obscene in addition to what you've mentioned. I only stick my bin bag out every three weeks now I re-cycle that much. It really isn't that hard to take a bit of extra care with the way we live in regards to the environment.
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7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 05:59 - Oct 11 by brogansnose
Morning Dave Eco Warrior !!!
You're right though. The amount of takeaway food packaging that gets slung out of vehicles is obscene in addition to what you've mentioned. I only stick my bin bag out every three weeks now I re-cycle that much. It really isn't that hard to take a bit of extra care with the way we live in regards to the environment.
Morning Eel catcher!
I just find it amazing that people think its the done thing to launch crap like that out.
I believe every garden should have a waterbutt and compost bin.
Totally agree, there iis a green near where i live and the kids congregate there, and when they leave there is no end of litter strewn all over the place. And they are the age group which tell us we let them down with the Brexit vote.
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7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 06:09 - Oct 11 by tiptreeblue
Totally agree, there iis a green near where i live and the kids congregate there, and when they leave there is no end of litter strewn all over the place. And they are the age group which tell us we let them down with the Brexit vote.
I walked across my vilage green the other day and some dirty swine had eaten a muller corner type thing,there was a bin next to the bench where the said muller had been eaten,did they stick it the bin did they F! They just launched it on the green!
If i walk over the sacred green and i see rubbish i just pick it up and stick it in the bin!
If McDonalds wants to help, instead of a peel off sticker to collect and when one has placed 6 on a card a free coffee is given, make it that 6 cups have to be collected.
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7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 06:09 - Oct 11 by tiptreeblue
Totally agree, there iis a green near where i live and the kids congregate there, and when they leave there is no end of litter strewn all over the place. And they are the age group which tell us we let them down with the Brexit vote.
Well, you were the generation who either raised them directly or raised their parents...
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I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
Good on you benters. The most frustrating thing for me is knowing the amount of plastic that doesn't get recycled and is pretty much just left over God knows how many years to die in the ground. Honestly feel that we've left it too late to do enough to turn our bad work around.
Dave Angels wife doesn't help the situation either...
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 08:19 - Oct 11 by Herbivore
Good for you, Benters.
Certainly the one thing I do agree with him on.
People are so lazy it infuriates me. I've taken things from people's bins when I've been in their homes and seen them chuck rubbish into the wrong bins. It's not a subject I'm popular over amongst friends and family but tough. I try to shame them into doing the right thing.
And I hate seeing crap in the street and worse still in water and the countryside. It's horrible.
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 07:05 - Oct 11 by Reuser_is_God
The world would be a much better place if all these coffee shops didn't exist.
Don't think it is cafes that are the problem - unless they are the ones that use the non-recyclable cups. Good point about McDonalds, imsureazzure, and note that they also use the plastic blighted containers even if you go in and have a sit down coffee.
So, only use coffee shops that serve up good coffee in a proper ceramic mug or good old British china cup and saucer?
And sorry, BlueWein, the stuff is already dead - it's the decomposition rate that is the problem - something like between 50 and 500 years?
Apologies to Benters - I don't have a butt(!) - it's raining here again here, like it almost always does...
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 08:38 - Oct 11 by WeWereZombies
Don't think it is cafes that are the problem - unless they are the ones that use the non-recyclable cups. Good point about McDonalds, imsureazzure, and note that they also use the plastic blighted containers even if you go in and have a sit down coffee.
So, only use coffee shops that serve up good coffee in a proper ceramic mug or good old British china cup and saucer?
And sorry, BlueWein, the stuff is already dead - it's the decomposition rate that is the problem - something like between 50 and 500 years?
Apologies to Benters - I don't have a butt(!) - it's raining here again here, like it almost always does...
Oops. The decomposition is what i meant. Ta for the correction.
Totally agree Benters, there is light though, a company in Suffolk (frugalpaccup) has highlighted this as a huge issue and has developed an eco friendly cup.
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 07:06 - Oct 11 by imsureazzure
If McDonalds wants to help, instead of a peel off sticker to collect and when one has placed 6 on a card a free coffee is given, make it that 6 cups have to be collected.
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 08:32 - Oct 11 by jeera
Certainly the one thing I do agree with him on.
People are so lazy it infuriates me. I've taken things from people's bins when I've been in their homes and seen them chuck rubbish into the wrong bins. It's not a subject I'm popular over amongst friends and family but tough. I try to shame them into doing the right thing.
And I hate seeing crap in the street and worse still in water and the countryside. It's horrible.
....lazy or just don't understand?
Mind you if you acted like that in my house you'd be heading at velocity to the compost heap before your sandals even touched my non plastic flooring.
..I really hope your friends do it on purpose and have a good laugh about it behind your back.
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7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 07:05 - Oct 11 by Reuser_is_God
The world would be a much better place if all these coffee shops didn't exist.
I can't believe how successful they are
I went in once to costa because my mates were in there so I sat down and ordered a hot chcokate and slice of chocolate cake and was stunned to be charged £7.80. Absolute madness.
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 12:29 - Oct 11 by The_Romford_Blue
I can't believe how successful they are
I went in once to costa because my mates were in there so I sat down and ordered a hot chcokate and slice of chocolate cake and was stunned to be charged £7.80. Absolute madness.
Agree with you on that Rommy !
You can buy 8 cans of Strongbow for that price AND recycle the tins !
7 Million cups of coffee :) are sold everyday in dear old Blighty on 12:29 - Oct 11 by The_Romford_Blue
I can't believe how successful they are
I went in once to costa because my mates were in there so I sat down and ordered a hot chcokate and slice of chocolate cake and was stunned to be charged £7.80. Absolute madness.
London prices, innit.
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