- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Basically plastics alternative made from spent wheat and barley
Edible six pack rings - the start of something big?
- Thread starter JP1
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Basically plastics alternative made from spent wheat and barley
thatlldaespot
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A really brilliant idea, I hate these blasted plastic things. Wonder why no-one has thought of this before? Hope it takes off, big time.
I can vaguely remember a farm manager near to where I worked being involved with a company that was buying all his straw to be processed into a type of lino, the hard floor covering that granny used to have, it was in all the tied cottages as it stopped the draughts coming up through the floor boards. It didn't stop the force 10 gales that cut your ankles in half coming from the gaps under the skirting boards though.
The straw based flooring was to be used in railway carriages as it was harder wearing than the other plastic based types available at the time. Being made from straw it would have ben easier to dispose of at the end of its usefull life.
The straw based flooring was to be used in railway carriages as it was harder wearing than the other plastic based types available at the time. Being made from straw it would have ben easier to dispose of at the end of its usefull life.
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
A good idea and another step toward rational use of our resources and planet. I'm sure there will be many, many more applications for this technology. I am reminded of the mushroom / fungus based replacement for polystyrene packaging, another superb idea.
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
These edible and bio degradable plastics have been around for a long time . A product was made from milk in the 70's which could be used for plastic bags etc which would degrade in weeks , thus removing all the awful waste packaging problems. Of course it is that few pence extra cost means it will never be taken up by large companies always looking g for the cheapest options
- Location
- N.Lincs
Great idea.Think of the saving next time you have a party. No need to buy any Doritos - just use the can rings in the dips
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Price of brewers grains going up ? can we collect the six pack rings to feed to cattle.
Good to see a company trying. Hope it takes off
can we collect the six pack rings to feed to cattle. Good to see a company trying. Hope it takes off
TheTallGuy
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
There's also the loose fill packing that looks like wotsits that are made out of starch, but as ever there are tradeoffs in performance that has limited the take up.
It does amuse me to see the piles of rubbish outside other peoples houses on bin days, I live in a small housing estate in a village, just me and my two teenage boys and we struggle to fill a black bag in a fortnight, the recycling bin with just plastics and paper has usually got space in it whereas most of the others are overflowing. I don't have a Rayburn or woodburner to burn stuff on but I don't seem to have as much crap as everyone else, I don't make a concious effort to cut down on packaging it must be my upbringing.
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
I suppose I do pack things in fairly tightly, if there's a gap it gets filled. I would be the recyclers nightmare as the bin is outside and any packaging destined to go in it gets filled before it gets there. Empty boxes are added to, empty milk cartons are filled with whatever else needs to go.......
Darren
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
The 5p bottle deposit was a good idea and way ahead of its time.
Look how carrier bag use has dropped since the 5p charge. Time to bring it back for more items.
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
At one food festival they were giving out carrier bags made of corn starch or something to all the customers. This worked fine until a sudden downpour, followed by multiple crashes and tinkles as the bottoms fell out of the bags and people were left clutching handles and no bag!
That's Eco flo. We used to use it in my fulfilment company. Only problem is that it's a meal for mice / rats / squirrels etc. We had to get it straight into sealed containers and as we were shipping food, make sure nothing had got into the bag on the trip to us. If you ordered it on a Friday and it was in a City Link depot over the weekend you could guarantee that there would be holes in the bag and mouse sh!t in it.
kernowcluck
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- Location
- Cornwall
That reminds me of the disposable paper pants you used to be able to buy in my youth. The only time I ever used them, more for convenience and anything else, was when I crewed a Tall Ship from Falmouth to the Isle of Wight. Whilst there we took part in a regatta in smaller vessels which involved hanging your backside over the side at times . I don't need to tell you that just wearing the elastic round your waist and legs was not a pretty sight when all the paper had dissolved
- Location
- Leicester/England
Exactly, most stuff ends up at the same big MRFs (Material Recycling Facility) so why one LA should differ from a neighbouring one just adds cost.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Should be national...
It's all politics. One region/county council could come up with the best ideas going, but the neighbouring council will drag their heels because one is Tory and the other is Labour... or one council will rebel the wishes of the national govt. for same reason to try and make them look bad.
National interest very rarely gets a look in, it's fecking pathetic.