disposing of plastics

if you can't recycle them what's the best way of getting rid of them?

My firm belief is to burn them, leaving them on landfill promotes land pollution and the threat to wildlife and biodiversity...plus the stuff doesn't degrade properly or never will.

BUT! I chose 'other' because I was feeling rebellious. I reckon that all non-recyclable plastic should be sent back to the company you bought it from. For example, buy a bottle of Shampoo from Sainsburys and send their non-degradable bottle back to their head office! (or just don't buy it of course). It's a good way of taking a stance, they'd probably just dump it in the bin but it would be them hurting the environment!

But overall I'd say burning, so I have two votes lol - 'other' being the counted one

I chose other but since doing so I changed my opinion. So now I'm stuck.

I like what Shinx said about sending them back to the manufacturers though. That would soon get them making friendlier items!

Swami_Dementia wrote:

I chose other but since doing so I changed my opinion. So now I'm stuck.

I like what Shinx said about sending them back to the manufacturers though. That would soon get them making friendlier items!

You can click 'Cancel Vote' underneath the Poll, that's what I did lol!

If enough people did send back to the manufacturers, I'm sure they'd get very upset and soon change lol!!

That sounds like fun

But then, so does burning them

Maybe we could start a campaign.

AngelMutley wrote:

Maybe we could start a campaign.

Haha it would make the forum famous lolol

We could burn em in my back garden, it would kill the weeds at the same time!

AngelMutley wrote:

We could burn em in my back garden, it would kill the weeds at the same time!

Or go to Sainsburys head office and shuv it all through their letter boxes or dump it in the middle of the floor, much funnier

Oh yeah, thats what the campaign was about wasn't it, I forgot

wouldnt burning them also cause pollution? i dont really have an answer on this one

Fenrir wrote:

wouldnt burning them also cause pollution? i dont really have an answer on this one

It would with a lot of plastics, so it's a question of which practice is more harmful I suppose.

yea thats what i thought