Judging by the regulations on our local council web site, burning it on a garden bonfire would appear to be legal even in smoke-free zones. But totally agree it needs care if doing this.
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disposal of polystyrene
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Serves you right for buying it - and supporting the horrible chicken rearing conditions used by those who deny it ...
Mary
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Well, I break it up into small pieces - which generates static but I've learned to cope with that. Then I use it for protection in packing the stuff we send out - but not many people need it for that.
It certainly is a problem. If you do buy something from a store I do recommend leaving it there - they MIGHT have ways of dealing with it, if they don't they might get the message that there are better ways of packing.
But I must admit that it's very cleverly designed and very effective.
Mary
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We only have 4 weekly recyclable collections and our (the Fishers') bin is rarely more than half full. But I'm very careful about recycling and cardboard is put in the compost bins. We don't buy much either ...
I honestly think that this is the future, we really must begin to be conscious about waste and its management - or preferably it's non-generation. We're creating a dreadful problem for the future - our own families' futures.
Mary
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Only in my impetuous youth, particulaly whilst staggering home as a drunken late teens. Right now I have to admit that I find it quite hideous in flavour and texture, to a level only matched my the good old Maccy-D.
I think its a shame that KFC are not bigger than they are, then maybe they'd attract a Spurlock rendition of their own food.
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Right now? So you DO know what it's like now :-) I don't, had it once in the
70s and that experience has stayed with me :-(er - I'm sure you know what you're talking about ...
Mary
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It was entertaining and scary in equal measure:-
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there really arent better packing options for bulky items, thats why its used. Maybe you know of one...
NT
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I'm glad to hear the foxes got them.
You wouldnt catch me eatin them there chickens!
Would look interesting to see the look on peoples faces if it were made a feature at the local supermarket. A sort of candid camera stunt.
It would make a nice change from the usual organic free range or corn fed chickens.
I'm sure someone would buy them!!!
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Can you get a second bin from your Council? Round here, you can buy a second bin for around £50 - lifetime guarantee (if its nicked, breaks, eaten by the dustcart, etc).
Alternatively, can you dispose chunks into neighbours' bins? i live next door to an elderly lady, and regularly drop a sack of rubbish into her bin the night before the bin men call.
Regards Paul
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she probably totally hates you and you didnt even realise :)
NT
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Even more so once the councils can work out a way of charging each household directly by weight.
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So save the polystyrene for your own bin to bulk it out and then ask your neighbour if you can just but a couple of teeny bags of rubble in her bin this week as yours is already overflowing.
Owain
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she probably totally hates you and you didnt even realise :)
I'm glad he's not my neighbour.
Mary
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No, but it's not necessary to get the item home from the store.
Mary
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18 years ago
no, its necessary to get it from factory to store.
Packaging is a tough nut to crack. Folk often clamour for less, but in most cases that would only lead to more waste from damaged goods. Silly packaging seems to be the exception these days, though certainly it was more common once.
I think the airbags are a real move forward. Maybe we need to develop expanded straw packing!
NT
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there really arent better packing options for bulky items, thats why its used. Maybe you know of one...
There are better options but they aren't as convenient for the packer. Corrugated board (cardboard to you!) can be cut and folded into all manner of ingenious fitments, and is 100% recyclable. Around 80% of every sheet of board made in the UK is recycled material. The remaining 20% is made from trees that would not otherwise have been grown. In the US they can grow more trees so they use a lot more virgin fibre - again, these are trees that would not otherwise have been planted. Corrugated board is green, and it was used for packing washing machines and the like long before polystyrene became popular!
There is another alternative, which is moulded pulp fitments, made from
100% recycled paper, but capital costs prevent its widespread use.BTW, I am a freelance writer, specialising in paper and packaging - any commissions out there?
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Straw used to be used, along with real wood reusable packing cases, back in t' Olden Days when Exciting New Technological Developments came wrapped in oily rags.
Popcorn was supposed to be the new environmentally-friendly packaging,
Owain
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Isn't it all done on word processors and email these days? 8-)
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You can get foam packaging that's made from vegetable starch.