Amazing recycling idea
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OH MY GOD i wish i had thought of this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13082320
Reusing the cardboxes that are used to deliver stuff to supermarkets
What an utterly radical idea why did no one else think of doing this.
Well apart from that is what we did 25 years ago.
We will be getting milk delivered in reusable bottles next delivered by a battery powered truck
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13082320
Reusing the cardboxes that are used to deliver stuff to supermarkets
What an utterly radical idea why did no one else think of doing this.
Well apart from that is what we did 25 years ago.
We will be getting milk delivered in reusable bottles next delivered by a battery powered truck
thinfourth2 said:
OH MY GOD i wish i had thought of this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13082320
Reusing the cardboxes that are used to deliver stuff to supermarkets
What an utterly radical idea why did no one else think of doing this.
Well apart from that is what we did 25 years ago.
We will be getting milk delivered in reusable bottles next delivered by a battery powered truck
Did you read the article?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13082320
Reusing the cardboxes that are used to deliver stuff to supermarkets
What an utterly radical idea why did no one else think of doing this.
Well apart from that is what we did 25 years ago.
We will be getting milk delivered in reusable bottles next delivered by a battery powered truck
When I read it (6 days ago, when it was published) I read it as the highlighting of the fact that people have moved away from taking used boxes from supermarkets and have started buying boxes, at ridiculous prices.
thinfourth2 said:
OH MY GOD i wish i had thought of this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13082320
Reusing the cardboxes that are used to deliver stuff to supermarkets
What an utterly radical idea why did no one else think of doing this.
Well apart from that is what we did 25 years ago.
We will be getting milk delivered in reusable bottles next delivered by a battery powered truck
Yeah, and how about putting a refund on glass pop bottles? Beer bottles even!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13082320
Reusing the cardboxes that are used to deliver stuff to supermarkets
What an utterly radical idea why did no one else think of doing this.
Well apart from that is what we did 25 years ago.
We will be getting milk delivered in reusable bottles next delivered by a battery powered truck
How come when I buy six bottles of wine from a supermarket I am now supposed to use the "new" wine carrier rather than one of the boxes the wine came in.
The fact that the shelf stackers immediately break them up is odd, is it becuase the supermarket has re-cycling targets and if they "gave them away" there would be a chance they would not meet them?
The fact that the shelf stackers immediately break them up is odd, is it becuase the supermarket has re-cycling targets and if they "gave them away" there would be a chance they would not meet them?
V88Dicky said:
Yeah, and how about putting a refund on glass pop bottles? Beer bottles even!
i always think this when i do my monthly bottle run to tescos.. putting 200 odd bottles in the machine and getting 'green' points (wtf are green points? is that what kermit leaves in his pants?)fergywales said:
Did you read the article?
When I read it (6 days ago, when it was published) I read it as the highlighting of the fact that people have moved away from taking used boxes from supermarkets and have started buying boxes, at ridiculous prices.
Barrrrrrrrrt thozzzzze *gurgle* thozzzzzzze are like, *gurgle* you knowwww, like, *gurgle* fairtrade barrrrrrrxes..... like *gurgle*When I read it (6 days ago, when it was published) I read it as the highlighting of the fact that people have moved away from taking used boxes from supermarkets and have started buying boxes, at ridiculous prices.
supertouring said:
The fact that the shelf stackers immediately break them up is odd, is it becuase the supermarket has re-cycling targets and if they "gave them away" there would be a chance they would not meet them?
It's because theres nowhere to put them so it makes much more sense to condense them as soon as they are used. There are no targets other than don't throw recylable things in the waste compactor. Would you want a bunch of cardboard boxes taking up huge amounts of warehouse space with no use for them? xr287 said:
It's because theres nowhere to put them so it makes much more sense to condense them as soon as they are used. There are no targets other than don't throw recylable things in the waste compactor. Would you want a bunch of cardboard boxes taking up huge amounts of warehouse space with no use for them?
I am saying put them by the wine isle or out by the check-outs so people could use them instead of plastic bags or "new" wine carriers. I was not expecting them all to be kept, that would be stupid.
When i worked at Tesco some 12 years ago, very little actually arrived in standard cardboard boxes. Fruit & veg almost always came in plastic trays (these used to be the good strong boxes). Drinks etc were always plastic wrapped, pet food, toiletries, bog roll, cleaning products etc all the same. From memory the only things that came reguarly in boxes were bottles of wine and crisps and neither were suitable for moving house. Other items would come in shelf display boxes which you would tear the top off and put straight on the shelf.
Why pay for boxes when for a few quid more you can have a plastic tray that can be used thousands of times
Why pay for boxes when for a few quid more you can have a plastic tray that can be used thousands of times
thinfourth2 said:
Sarah Beeney's box 
V88Dicky said:
Yeah, and how about putting a refund on glass pop bottles? Beer bottles even!
Done in Austria, where I live over the winter.It works fantastically well. All the local breweries use the same type of bottles, it's just the labels that are different. Austrians almost always buy local (it's cheap and excellent quality too), and there's a good choice of different tastes.
You can buy beer by the crate (20 large bottles), or six-packs in a re-usable cardboard tray, or singles. You pay 3 euros on the crate, and 9 cents per bottle. When you go back to the supermarket, take your empties, feed them in to a machine (single bottles as well as full crates), it works out your total, and prints off a little slip that you hand in at the checkout, which deducts your 'returns' from your shopping bill.
It really does work incredibly well indeed. We must have rattled our way through :cough: crates of beer over the winter, and the only single bit of waste generated was a couple of broken bottles that some idiot decided to 'fast freeze' in the freezer. The crates and bottles will just keep going around the loop until they finally break. At which point, both will almost definitely be recycled.
They're very, very hot on recycling in Austria, almost nothing is 'thrown away'. It's an exceptionally good role model.
Oldred_V8S said:
thinfourth2 said:
Sarah Beeney's box 
I'll buck the trend.
I bought boxes.
Why? Because we tried Tesco and other shops and the boxes we got were flimsy, torn, wobbly and occasionally a bit soggy.
When you are moving house you want a solid box to put stuff in, stuff you don't want to see fall all over the pavement or the inside of a lorry half way to your new home. As a nice extra bought boxes are all the same size so it's easy to stack a lot of them and always know that the next box will fit that stack, holding that ammount, without falling apart, every time.
Do the sums.
Cost of boxes is minimal compared to the value of the stuff in them.
Cost of time rumaging around Tescos for battered and flimsy boxes is wasted.
When moving house boxes are a trivial expense.
Decent boxes will help save on loss and breakages.
Yellow Shelf do several box packs of solid boxes designed for home moves.
Once you have the boxes you can use them again and again, mine helped us move house and then helped the MIL move house.
It's about having the right tool for the job.
I bought boxes.
Why? Because we tried Tesco and other shops and the boxes we got were flimsy, torn, wobbly and occasionally a bit soggy.
When you are moving house you want a solid box to put stuff in, stuff you don't want to see fall all over the pavement or the inside of a lorry half way to your new home. As a nice extra bought boxes are all the same size so it's easy to stack a lot of them and always know that the next box will fit that stack, holding that ammount, without falling apart, every time.
Do the sums.
Cost of boxes is minimal compared to the value of the stuff in them.
Cost of time rumaging around Tescos for battered and flimsy boxes is wasted.
When moving house boxes are a trivial expense.
Decent boxes will help save on loss and breakages.
Yellow Shelf do several box packs of solid boxes designed for home moves.
Once you have the boxes you can use them again and again, mine helped us move house and then helped the MIL move house.
It's about having the right tool for the job.
cymtriks said:
I'll buck the trend.
I bought boxes.
Why? Because we tried Tesco and other shops and the boxes we got were flimsy, torn, wobbly and occasionally a bit soggy.
When you are moving house you want a solid box to put stuff in, stuff you don't want to see fall all over the pavement or the inside of a lorry half way to your new home. As a nice extra bought boxes are all the same size so it's easy to stack a lot of them and always know that the next box will fit that stack, holding that ammount, without falling apart, every time.
Do the sums.
Cost of boxes is minimal compared to the value of the stuff in them.
Cost of time rumaging around Tescos for battered and flimsy boxes is wasted.
When moving house boxes are a trivial expense.
Decent boxes will help save on loss and breakages.
Yellow Shelf do several box packs of solid boxes designed for home moves.
Once you have the boxes you can use them again and again, mine helped us move house and then helped the MIL move house.
It's about having the right tool for the job.
Agreed. Crisps etc come in flimsy 2 ply boxes that would be crushed by your average knobber in a removals truck in seconds. I'd rather put my chattles in a good, strog tri-wall removal standards box.I bought boxes.
Why? Because we tried Tesco and other shops and the boxes we got were flimsy, torn, wobbly and occasionally a bit soggy.
When you are moving house you want a solid box to put stuff in, stuff you don't want to see fall all over the pavement or the inside of a lorry half way to your new home. As a nice extra bought boxes are all the same size so it's easy to stack a lot of them and always know that the next box will fit that stack, holding that ammount, without falling apart, every time.
Do the sums.
Cost of boxes is minimal compared to the value of the stuff in them.
Cost of time rumaging around Tescos for battered and flimsy boxes is wasted.
When moving house boxes are a trivial expense.
Decent boxes will help save on loss and breakages.
Yellow Shelf do several box packs of solid boxes designed for home moves.
Once you have the boxes you can use them again and again, mine helped us move house and then helped the MIL move house.
It's about having the right tool for the job.
You'd possibly find your insurance wouldnt pay out if your gear got mullered because you couldn't be asked to fork out 30 quid for some decent boxes any way.
cymtriks said:
Oh, another thing, deposit bottles...
Why did we ever stop doing this?
Deposit containers would cut nearly all the rubbish in hedgerows down to zero almost immediately, what happened to this, once common, approach?
You know, I had completely forgtton about this! In the 70's, we used a 'pop man'. He brought us bottles of pop every week, and when we finished them, he'd come round again, take our empty bottles and give us full bottles again!Why did we ever stop doing this?
Deposit containers would cut nearly all the rubbish in hedgerows down to zero almost immediately, what happened to this, once common, approach?
I also forgot about the milkman, taking our empties back every morning and replacing them with full bottles.
I can only guess that with the rise of car use, people started to shop for this stuff themselves.
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