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Anyone else uneasy with the amount of single use tat on sale in the supermarkets at the moment. Given the focus extinction rebellion / Attenborough have brought to our currently unsustainable lifestyles it's a bit depressing seeing the pointless consumption of significant amounts of useless plastic which is getting worse each year. Anyone else thinking extinction rebellion have a long way to go to make people realise they need to change, starting with cutting back on the really pointless consumption.
Have you been in a Chinese pipe with regard to the news this week.....
I had exactly the same thought doing my shopping in Asda today - several isles of novelty halloween tat that will become landfill fodder within 2 weeks.
I didnt give any consideration to the Ex.R aspect but did conclude this event is grossly over commercialised and wasteful
Christmas, Halloween and the like pretty much sum up why we are buggered. Orgies of utterly wasteful consumerism.
When push comes to shove profit margin always wins.
All a bit bah humbug but have thought the same for much of Christmas for years. Totally agree on the hallowe’en stuff but we live in a small village, rarely go near big shops so don’t see that stuff..
estimated 2000 tonnes of plastic tat will be thrown away on Halloween, mostly sold in super markets. Half will go to Landfill and half will be 'recycled' by local authorities by shipping it to Indonesia where they'll just tip it into the sea.
Fwiw it's been on various news outlets all week how wasteful of plastic Halloween is.
Trail_rat, I'd not seen that but good news. I find Halloween worse than Christmas, at least Christmas lasts a couple of weeks and most people reuse their decorations each year.
It's quite easy to not buy this shit you know.
I dont buy it (hate Halloween) but loads of people obviously do fuelled by the supermarkets making it available. Bit of a case of demand created by availability.
I’d not seen that but good news.
Not really, won't make the slightest dent in sales and they'll be 1000 more tonnes of tat bobbing around the Pacific in a few months times....
Anyone else thinking extinction rebellion have a long way to go to make people realise they need to change
a. I'm not really sure that's their job
b. Their hands are a bit full trying to get governments to take action on climate change as we are all a bit too shit to all take action of our own accord 🙁
but you are right. Add also plastic tat given away with kids meals. That stuff should have the shit taxed out of it, and then some
We've always boxed the Halloween stuff up for the next year. Not bothering this year as my two are 16 and 19 and not bothered. Not even doing pumpkins.
Change often happens slowly even when awareness changes quickly, leading to frustration.
Sometimes it seems like half the economy is based on plastic tat, but hopefully that can change with the help of more legislation in the near future. It wasn't that hard with plastic bags, eh?
Though obviously our parliament has been rather distracted the last few years.
Not even doing pumpkins.
There was an article on the radio the other day about how many pumpkins are literally wasted each year for Halloween. Most people just carve them out & hoy the flesh away, not even knowing theyr'e actually edible!
What a waste of time Halloween is.
Most people just carve them out & hoy the flesh away, not even knowing theyr’e actually edible!
What a waste of time Halloween is.
Erm, totally biodegradable product on which kids can practice arty-crafty skills and facilitates inter-generational social contact in local neighbourhoods.
Takes a bit of a miseryguts to object to that side of it, surely?
Apparently squirrels love pumpkins, if you want to recycle them. They do struggle with the carving though with such tiny hands.
And I can't find a link but I'm sure I saw that McDonald's were stopping the plastic toys in happy meals in response to pressure which is great news.
Burger King did MCTD after some young girl campaigned.
7 million costumes binned according to the news
And I can’t find a link but I’m sure I saw that McDonald’s were stopping the plastic toys in happy meals in response to pressure which is great news
If that was true it would be fantastic, off to do a web search
edit: looks like you are right 🙂
From today, all plastic toys offered in children’s meals at UK branches of Burger King will be removed.
WooHoo
From next month, McDonald’s customers can swap the plastic toys given in children’s Happy Meals for a fruit bag, and from next year, for a book
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha - fruit bags :), nice idea
Takes a bit of a miseryguts to object to that side of it, surely?
You’ve come to the right place.
I’ll be digging out the Halloween stuff that we’ve had for about between 12-16 years now as just like xmas decorations they can be stored.
Sometimes it seems like half the economy is based on plastic tat, but hopefully that can change with the help of more legislation in the near future. It wasn’t that hard with plastic bags, eh?
It’s not for Governments to legislate for it, it’s for Governments to educate people and for those people to not buy the shit.
Simple.
Pumpkins may be biodegradable, but the fuel used to plant, harvest and transport them isn't.
Ban Halloween I say.
I don't know whether it's an age thing, but I'd never have given it a second thought a few years back. Nowadays I have exactly the same reaction as the OP. Not even just in regards to the environment, but the messages we convey to our kids when we repeatedly buy them useless throwaway junk. Consumerism for consumerism's sake. We can do better than that.
Pumpkins may be biodegradable, but the fuel used to plant, harvest and transport them isn’t.
Bring back turnips.
Most people just carve them out & hoy the flesh away, not even knowing theyr’e actually edible!
There's a difference between pumpkins grown for carving and those grown for eating. While carving pumpkins won't kill you they're (apparently) a bit flabby and insipid compared to a proper edible one. Worth making sure what you've got before using it for pumpkin pie.
It seems odd that we are encouraged to re use plastic bags yet so many things are sold in plastic bags. Do shops pay 10p for every bag they use? I think shops should have the same rule and re use the plastic packaging their deliveries come in.
There’s a difference between pumpkins grown for carving and those grown for eating. While carving pumpkins won’t kill you they’re (apparently) a bit flabby and insipid compared to a proper edible one. Worth making sure what you’ve got before using it for pumpkin pie.
Dunno, I've always eaten them, roasted or in soup, £/lb they're very cheap veg this time of year!
Dead easy to grow too, pretty much just plant the seedlings and let them get on with it around the borders.
We picked ours from a local farm, more expensive than a supermarket but my daughter enjoyed the picking.
This year we made pumpkin soup with the flesh and roasted the seeds with sea salt and paprika (really good). Both were very easy to do.
Whether they are eaten or not the pumpkins are a tiny problem compare the plastic tat.
Can we not go back to a good old sacrifice at Halloween instead of buying plastic tat?
I would ban celebrations of any kind, totally pointless drivel, fools excuse for making false happiness.
Stay miserable and keep expectations low for rock solid mental wellness.
Anyone else uneasy with the amount of publicity the use of plastic is getting at the moment.
Whilst ignoring the elephant in the room?
Aldi today. Woman in front of me and the whole belt was full up with Halloween tat and crisps.
I did'nt see any money shot items on the belt, like 20 bottles of gin or a TV for example.
She coughed up £189. WFT.
Each to thier own I suppose.
richmars
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Pumpkins may be biodegradable, but the fuel used to plant, harvest and transport them isn’t.
Ban Halloween I say.
Humans create huge amounts of CO2 just by breathing. Perhaps we should ban that.
JP