I appreciate this is hardly a new topic but it is one that appals me every time I shop at a supermarket. For years now I have been forced unwillingly to be one of the planet’s polluters. There has been enough coverage of the problem for us all to know the devastating environmental impact of plastic.
Over the years I have tried to “do my bit” by writing to those at the top of my particular supermarket; packaging up my single use plastic to illustrate just how much waste two pensioners create in one month. The response has always been lame.
We are a wonderful country whose scientists have produced a life saving vaccine in nine months. Surely, with a dedicated will, the supermarkets should be able to get on top of this problem. They have all benefitted financially from lockdown. Now is the time for them to put something back – and if not spontaneously and willingly, with a helpful push from Government who should not be satisfied to think that increasing the charge on carrier bags by 5p is the answer to all the ills created by plastic.
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