BERKSHIRE, United Kingdom — U.K. retailer Waitrose has cut is meat packaging in half by removing trays and using plastic bags designed to be easily opened.
The company is billing the new bags as "snip and slide" packaging since they are not vacuum-packed, allowing people to cut them open and slip out the meat.
Waitrose is using the new packaging with its minced and diced meats initially, and will switch the packaging for its other meat products depending on how successful the bags are, said Amy Hayward-Paine, Waitrose's communications manager.
By getting rid of trays, Waitrose cut its meat packaging weight in half and is using 90 fewer tonnes (201,000 pounds) of plastic a year. The new packaging, like the old packaging, is not commonly accepted in recycling programs in the U.K., Hayward-Paine said.
Hemp isn't marijuana... while
Hemp isn't marijuana... while both of cannabis family, two separate plants. Hemp will not get you high. What it will get you is a renewable resource that's durable, can be made into biodegradable goods and naturally cleans impurities out of ground water.
Or make the packaging out of
Or make the packaging out of hemp based plastics which is biodegradable. Don't call people who support hemp stoners. Hemp supporters just want a safe/natural product to be used when it's ridiculous to keep using oil for these things.
"Why would you want to
"Why would you want to re-increase the packaging, even if it'd be using hemp?!"
Because then he could get his marijuana legalized. You can usually ignore the ravings of a stoner, because it's all blah blah blah hemp blah blah blah even when it doesn't make any manner of sense, financially or otherwise.
"Or just make the trays out
"Or just make the trays out of hemp which is recyclable..."
Or, as has just been shown under your very nose, do away with the trays completely.
Why would you want to re-increase the packaging, even if it'd be using hemp?!
Or just make the trays out of
Or just make the trays out of hemp which is recyclable...
Less plastic equals less oil.
Less plastic equals less oil. Less weight should help reduce fuel used for transporting. A step in the right direction, though too bad its not commonly accepted for recycling.