Good questions. I have had a number of individuals asking about plastic bags. To a man, literally, they said the size of landfill waste was insignificant. The idea here is to undermine the resolve of myself and other like-minds, mainly women.
In households, the purchasing and waste detail is a mainly female passtime so men are less exposed to the waste reality. I feel it is up to the fair sex and like-minded males (there are some) to push the waste reduction effort. In fact most of the active people I have seen in the media are female.
It is a bit of an exaggeration, I know, but this has been my experience and I am a zero waste enthusiast.
John.
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Been there, done that.Shirlz wrote: We do get some funny looks when we take 6 months of wine/beer bottles for recycling.
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Now my OH brews his own, so our bottles are recycled in the best way possible - they are quickly refilled. I've even had a bottle of rather good red thrust under my nose and been told; 'Drink it quick - I need the bottle'. The best part of this is he's completely tee-total so the fruits of his labours are all for me. 