Coffee pods....

Last year on holiday, with family, I was introduced to a coffee machine that used pods. To be honest, while the coffee tasted okay it wasn't hot enough and certainly produced a disappointingly small amount; I'm used to drinking a large mug of piping hot instant coffee! But, what really struck me over the week was how much waste they produce. It was shocking. This year I packed a jar of my usual coffee and stuck with that. Today my daughter came home from school and told me that Hamburg had taken a stand against the coffee pods. I think she remembered me remarking on how dreadfully wasteful they are! (so she does listen, sometimes!!) I searched out the link and here it is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35605927

Good for you Hamburg!

Come on Lidl

This came to my attention on Face book from a friend that lives in Switzerland. Thank you Heinz Schmid!

https://action.sumofus.org/a/lidl-cut-the-crap/?sub=homepage

The power of the supermarkets is immense, we need to put pressure on them to make the changes. Any small change they make will have a massive effect on the outcomes.

Have a read a sign the petition!

If I needed more proof...

We went to a bakery and we bought some bread but sadly it came in a plastic bag. I am beginning to think that reducing the amount of bottles we buy may be 'barking up the wrong tree' a bit. Here in Bristol PET bottles are recycled, however it's the 'plastic packaging currently not recyclable' waste that is probably more pressing.

And if we need to know why this is such a problem check this out:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oceans-mo
re-plastic-fish-2050-report-061023838.html