i could recycle ‘soft’ plastics (the kind that they use for a bag of potatoes) in with the carrier bags, so now i save up those pesky cucumber wrappers and bags from potatoes to put in the carrier bag recycling at the supermarket. most of the pile on the right is made up of this kind of plastic. there is also a plastic juice cup that my youngest bought on sports day at school. we did manage to cut down on the usual waste we create on sports day by buying our traditional post-sports day slush treat in our own glass jars this year.
the packaging from a delicious packet of 