Posted: Wed Sep 27, 06 9:17 am Post subject: Environmentally Friendly Alternatives to Clingfilm
Is there a more environmentally friendly alternative to clingfilm? I warp my sandwiches in it everyday but I guess over the course of a year then that's a fair bit of plastic being thrown away.
Northern_Lad
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 14210 Location: Somewhere
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 06 9:20 am Post subject:
For sandwiches I use small paper bags that I get from buying stuff on the market.
For the freezer, I'm not sure...
Bernie66
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 13967 Location: Eastoft
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 06 9:21 am Post subject:
I use foil, and reuse it as much as possible. With a better quality foil I can reuse it for ages. Can't comment on the waste etc in production methods but I know I use less foil than I would clingfilm.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 06 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Environmentally Friendly Alternatives to Clingfilm
onegreenhill wrote:
Is there a more environmentally friendly alternative to clingfilm? I warp my sandwiches in it everyday but I guess over the course of a year then that's a fair bit of plastic being thrown away.
sometimes I find I can reuse clingfilm as well as foil but normally use brown paper bags from the fruit I buy in the market. mY children like those best too
Plastic boxes or greaseproof paper for me. I hate clingfilm and it hates me. We've had some memorable fights, clingfilm and me, and it's usually won.
These days I only use it when stripping.
No, banish that horrid image immediately!
When using a poultice-type paint stripper, a covering of clilngfilm stops it drying out and concentrates the effect on the paint or varnish underneath.
Bernie66
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 13967 Location: Eastoft
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 06 10:17 am Post subject:
Gervase wrote:
No, banish that horrid image immediately!
When using a poultice-type paint stripper, a covering of clilngfilm stops it drying out and concentrates the effect on the paint or varnish underneath.
My thoughts as well. I suspect they are made very cheaply in India and the 'normal' prices I've seen here have been massively inflated and not an indication of a fair deal for the workers. But that goes for prety much everything these days.
Mary-Jane
Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 18397 Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 06 10:20 am Post subject:
Gervase wrote:
..99p for a Tiffin Box?
They look lovely, and I want one/some, but is that price ethical?
Oy - you're supposed to be doing the VAT returns...
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