Recycling of plastic at Coles

[j*oono]

This is probably old news for you but I only just found out about it from a Coles staff member.

Did you know that you can take all of your soft plastic bags to Coles and they are recycled into outdoor furniture for schools?

So many of the plastics that people place in their own bin simply aren't recyclables here and it ends up in landfill. Coles near you should have a bin to collect these items. You can take back shopping bags, produce bags, bread and lolly and frozen food bags etc.

It is in conjunction with recycler RED Group and manufacturer Replas.  Great idea!

http://recyclingnearyou.com.au/news/display/553

[myoclon1cjerk]

N.S.W has just announced they are going the way of S.A and are introducng a can deposit.Good move.

[wilk1149]

Is coca cola amital going to take them to court to fight it like they did in NT

[simone4010]

What a great idea!

Similarly, we should do here what the Taiwanese Buddhists do with the empty plastic bottles. They transform them into all sorts of things such as toys, blankets and jumpers. It’s a really amazing process. After the 2011 floods, the Buddhists came to my Mum’s house and gave her one of the blankets which she gave to me. It’s one of the softest and warmest blankets I have.

[cherry*135]

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@icyfroth wrote:

yeah well plastic bags made into outdoor furniture eventually turn into landfill too.

The idea is to minimise production and use of plastic bags.

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If you made yourself informed about the outdoor furniture made from recycled plastic you would know that it is very very long lasting.

That is why it is so popular with schools  - doesn't need painting, doesn't decay like wood... It is really popular in areas of Australia that are in the tropics for those reasons.

On the other hand millions of produce bags, supermarket bags are going in the bin and off to landfill every week...........

If plastic bags are recycled that is 100%  better than using them in your bathroom bin and sending them to landfill!

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

yeah well plastic bags made into outdoor furniture eventually turn into landfill too.

The idea is to minimise production and use of plastic bags.

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If you made yourself informed about the outdoor furniture made from recycled plastic you would know that it is very very long lasting.

That is why it is so popular with schools  - doesn't need painting, doesn't decay like wood... It is really popular in areas of Australia that are in the tropics for those reasons.

On the other hand millions of produce bags, supermarket bags are going in the bin and off to landfill every week...........

If plastic bags are recycled that is 100%  better than using them in your bathroom bin and sending them to landfill!

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Better still not to use them at all.

[cherry*135]

Like the old days-- brown paper bags..

[icyfroth]

actually we always used old newspaper to line our bin and wrap our vege peels in newspaper. Now we just chuck newspaper in the recycling bin along with the plastic bottles and glass jars that we used to re-use for all sorts of things.

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

Like the old days-- brown paper bags..

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Yes, like the supermarkets used to use before some clever richard came up with plastic bags.

The government should put out tenders and invest in a business that would take the mountains of paper that goes in the recycling bins and turn it into bags that supermarkets could give their customers to pack their groceries in.

That would be a win-win-win all round.

Oil and whatever else is used to make the bags would be freed up for other uses, the pollution from the manufacture of them would be negated and there'd be no marine animals choking to death on them.

And we could still use the paper bags to line our bins.

[j*oono]

I think this is a safer topic for me.

Just a reminder everyone.  Even if you are an angel sent by god you are still taking home plastic with your shopping.  Bread bags, unless you buy loose slices, biscuit packs lolly bags, pasta and rice bags (try to buy them loose) etc. etc.

I asked our friendly checkout lady if the bags are still collected and really used and she said yes indeed.  They have to empty the bin every morning as it is always full by the end of the day.

[icyfroth]

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@j*oono wrote:

I think this is a safer topic for me.

You could always stick with the weather.

Just a reminder everyone.  Even if you are an angel sent by god you are still taking home plastic with your shopping.  Bread bags, unless you buy loose slices, biscuit packs lolly bags, pasta and rice bags (try to buy them loose) etc. etc.

I asked our friendly checkout lady if the bags are still collected and really used and she said yes indeed.  They have to empty the bin every morning as it is always full by the end of the day.

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