Going Zero Waste

Deedsie

This definitely wouldn't be for everyone but I have picked up some good tips from this website. Common sense stuff really.

http://www.goingzerowaste.com

http://www.goingzerowaste.com/top-10-to-get-started/

Have a read, might help reduce some bin charges and waste.

Deedsie

https://www.change.org/p/dunnes-stores-creation-of-a-zero-waste-food-aisle-in-dunnes-stores?recruiter=13973767&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_page&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-custom_msg&recuruit_context=fb_share_mention_variant&fb_ref=Default

Good idea

Toto Wolfcastle

Supervalu would be worth targeting more than Dunnes I'd imagine. They already offer various oils in big containers. I presume you have to use their plastic tubs if you want to take some but perhaps they'd be open to people using their own containers.

I buy loose fruit and vegetables and I've stopped putting them in plastic bags. I bought a small carrot in M&S a couple of weeks ago and the woman serving me took out a plastic bag to put it in. She was a bit surprised when I said I didn't need it. An small attitude adjustment would decrease the amount of packaging we send to landfills hugely.

smjm

Saw something a few years ago about a start-up company selling milk vending machines to the shops. Simple idea - you bring your own container and fill it up under the tap. Wish something had come of it; I'd much rather fill a single plastic bottle 150-odd times a year, and have no waste, than have to dispose of the same number of bottles, most of which probably never get recycled anyway.

Wanderer78

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Supervalu would be worth targeting more than Dunnes I'd imagine. They already offer various oils in big containers. I presume you have to use their plastic tubs if you want to take some but perhaps they'd be open to people using their own containers.

I buy loose fruit and vegetables and I've stopped putting them in plastic bags. I bought a small carrot in M&S a couple of weeks ago and the woman serving me took out a plastic bag to put it in. She was a bit surprised when I said I didn't need it. An small attitude adjustment would decrease the amount of packaging we send to landfills hugely.

we really need to include manufacturers of all our materials and products in order to tackle this problem. our waste issues are not the sole responsibility of the end user!

Toto Wolfcastle

Wanderer78 wrote: »

we really need to include manufacturers of all our materials and products in order to tackle this problem. our waste issues are not the sole responsibility of the end user!

I agree with you, but I was talking about loose fruit and vegetables, not packaged. When it comes to loose fruit and veg it is the responsibility of the consumer to reduce the amount of plastic bags they use.