Plastic Bags!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[achingknees]

quote:Originally posted by trowelhead

Never mind the turtles if they get rid of plastic bags what am I going to keep my feet dry with when the Para boots start to wear. On many a site the old plastic bag kept my feet dry when used as a barrier twixed sock an damp. [8D]

You keep your feet dry by discarding the paras and getting a pair of proper safety boots, provided by your project manager (and thereby complying with H&S legislation). [:p]

[1man1desk]

Posted by Sith:

quote:Whatever happened to re-using glass bottles rather than recycling them?

In some countries (e.g. Nigeria), you can't buy anything in a bottle unless you return an equivalent number of empties at the same time. Most bottles therefore get re-used. The difficult bit is getting your first batch...

1man1desk

to let, fully furnished

[mercenary]

Why does the UK not put a deposit on the price of cans and bottles which can be reclaimed when handed in?

I, like most Canadian kids spent many an hour trawling road verges looking for returnables to make some money. Result: clean road verges. Not to mention the modest income that homeless people could garner in collecting bottles in cities. (There's a wonderful documentary about this subculture in Calgary, called "In the Gutter and Other Good Places")

[Sparky]

Mercenary,
We used to have a refund on bottles (see prevous post) but they stopped it largely because plastic bottles and cartons were used instead. I'm all in favour of bringing it back. Mind you, there is a lot less broken glass in the street than I can remember.

[Shorty]

BAJR starts a thread on plastic bags. Lo and behold, a couple of weeks later Alistair Darling announces a tax on them in the new budget. Coincidence? I think not...

He obviously reads BAJR and we should use this to cunningly influence future policy. I suggest we start with a reversal of any tax on decent wine and whisky. Hosty, maybe you can do a subliminal message thing?

I wonder how Darling will reconcile his environment policy with his determination to erect several thousand new homes over lots of earmarked development sites... Hmmm...

[BAJR Host]

lets try something else then... er...

BAJR suggests we should all get pay rises... come on Darling!

"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Influence any one in the government to do what is right? Hmmm... I have more faith in the power of prayer! though, a pay rise would be nice.

[Gog]

quote:Originally posted by Shorty

I wonder how Darling will reconcile his environment policy with his determination to erect several thousand new homes over lots of earmarked development sites... Hmmm...

Does the Chancellor do all the jobs in the government then? No wonder he's gone grey.