When one of the Eco Street forum members, Jamble mag, wanted to know why the wrapping of their favourite chocolate biscuits wasn’t recyclable, a letter was duly dispatched to United Biscuits to find out why.
Here is the reply that they received:
Dear Jamble Magazine,
“The packaging is made from a material called polypropylene, which is plastic and metal combined and therefore, not currently recyclable.
“Many years of research has gone into ensuring that the best packaging is used to maintain product freshness throughout its life and polypropylene is considered to be the best material for this purpose.
“Research has shown that the packets we discard of responsibly in the normal household waste can play an important part in land-fill stabilisation, as normal household waste can break down quite quickly.
“However, we suggest that the best way to dispose of this type of packaging is to burn the material, as this will create energy.”
It’s clear from this reply that there are big businesses out there without the foggiest idea about what their impact is on our environment, and even think that they are doing good works by not providing recyclable or biodegradable packaging.
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We’ve now switched to buying Cadbury’s chocolate digestives, as their biscuit wrappers are recyclable; and we will be writing back to United Biscuits to quiz them further, so keep an eye on the blog.
Hahahaha brilliant Tracey, just made you my pick of the week.
Nice one. What fools…sadly.
Namaste
Al
Whoa! I can’t believe that response came from a company about their packaging. Thank goodness we are all becoming more and more educated on air, water and ground pollution. Maybe some of it will rub off onto the author of that letter. I enjoy reading your blog. You’ve been tagged for a meme but you may enjoy my other posts, too. http://easyecoliving.blogspot.com/2007/07/eight-random-facts-meme.html
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