New Posts For Thread: Plastic waste ban by 2042https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042Theresa May pledges to ban all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. She's unlikely to be around in 2019 never mind 2042 so what's the point. This was a standard tactic of Tony Blair who was forever promising 5,10, 15 year plans to solve any problems butWhen you buy clothes in the uk you get a paper bag.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553366137#553366137When you buy clothes in the uk you get a paper bag.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:41:02 -0600You always get a paper bag when you buy clothes in Sweden.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553366109#553366109You always get a paper bag when you buy clothes in Sweden.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:38:44 -0600I have always wondered about this, in the usa they use paper bags.Surely tomorrow they could make plastic bags illegal.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553366089#553366089I have always wondered about this, in the usa they use paper bags.Surely tomorrow they could make plastic bags illegal.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:32:20 -0600Why can't the supermarkets supply paper bags instead of plastic?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553366065#553366065Why can't the supermarkets supply paper bags instead of plastic?Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:28:29 -0600my dad tells me the cinema let him in on a saturday morning if he provided an empty jar when hewas a kidThat's the way it was Donny, the jeely jar was prized in those days. Think it stopped in the late 50s or very early 60s.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553364775#553364775my dad tells me the cinema let him in on a saturday morning if he provided an empty jar when hewas a kidThat's the way it was Donny, the jeely jar was prized in those days. Think it stopped in the late 50s or very early 60s.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 14:10:07 -0600the supermarkets seem to help fund the political partysi guess the agenda suits them, but it wasnt long ago theywere trying to do away with glass....now i can buy new empty jars for £2 each, or buy one with stuff in for less than 50p and wash itwhenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553364663#553364663the supermarkets seem to help fund the political partysi guess the agenda suits them, but it wasnt long ago theywere trying to do away with glass....now i can buy new empty jars for £2 each, or buy one with stuff in for less than 50p and wash itwhenSun, 14 Jan 2018 13:55:55 -0600It's simple really.Don't use so much plastic for packaging, use paper and card. Then there wouldn't be so much waste.Again in the main we are the problem for this by not complaining. I use a few companies for online shopping. M&Ss packing is way overhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553364505#553364505It's simple really.Don't use so much plastic for packaging, use paper and card. Then there wouldn't be so much waste.Again in the main we are the problem for this by not complaining. I use a few companies for online shopping. M&Ss packing is way overSun, 14 Jan 2018 13:44:22 -0600theres absolutely zilch chance of me or my parents wasting money buying bottled tap water,so the young snowflakes are destroying their own planet and blaming us allhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553364355#553364355theres absolutely zilch chance of me or my parents wasting money buying bottled tap water,so the young snowflakes are destroying their own planet and blaming us allSun, 14 Jan 2018 13:31:39 -0600its the same luvie snowflakes who fuelled the demand for bottled water thinking its cool to walk down a street carrying a water bottle,that are now crying about the wastehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553364327#553364327its the same luvie snowflakes who fuelled the demand for bottled water thinking its cool to walk down a street carrying a water bottle,that are now crying about the wasteSun, 14 Jan 2018 13:29:44 -0600The industrial revolution was pretty much finished 100 years ago. (just a btw)It's simple really.Don't use so much plastic for packaging, use paper and card. Then there wouldn't be so much waste.5p a bag for flimsy carriers solves nothing, except a bhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30981541/plastic-waste-ban-by-2042?post_id=553364281#553364281The industrial revolution was pretty much finished 100 years ago. (just a btw)It's simple really.Don't use so much plastic for packaging, use paper and card. Then there wouldn't be so much waste.5p a bag for flimsy carriers solves nothing, except a bSun, 14 Jan 2018 13:26:58 -0600