Tag: Plastic packaging

Counting on… day 206

4th November 2024

In addition to the LOAF principles, we can also think about the packaging our food comes in. 

Plastic can sometimes be recycled but not only does recycling consumes energy, waste such as plastic cannot be recycled endlessly – the recycled plastic becomes increasingly degraded – but more worrying is the amount of plastic that escapes into the environment. Micro plastic particles can now be found everywhere across the globe – on mountain peaks, ocean troughs, in the stomachs of fish and even in our own blood.   

It is worth seeking out plastic-free purchases whether you’re buying fruit and vegetables, meats, bread and pastries etc, whether in shops or cafes.

Further reading – https://greentau.org/2024/05/07/counting-on-day-101-2/

Counting on …. Day 1.153

28th June 2023

Take away food packaging constitutes the largest proportion of all plastic waste found in our oceans. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/10/takeaway-food-and-drink-litter-dominates-ocean-plastic-study-shows?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Again it seems that one of the pluses of plastic is also it’s negative. Plastic packaging seems to enable a vast variety of foods to be taken away to be consumed including ready meals, but is it rather than the plastic packaging allows such foods to processed off site and shipped or stored for use elsewhere. Again plastic packaging separates the consumer from the producer. Sandwiches, for example, are made in factory units and dispatched in lorries around the country rather than being freshly made at the counter of a sandwich bar.