Thank you, I totally agree with you and really want to put pressure on the government to ban it as well as manufacturers to stop using it.

That’s good to hear, I always take my own.

Our Co-op still do biodegradable bags. I work there and they sell very quickly.

I was using my compost at the weekend and was having to remove all the tea bags as they hadn’t decomposed where the plastic was! Yes I think I mentioned China in the article and people mistakenly assume it’s just litter louts causing the problem when it isn’t!

We just have to keep this whole issue in the public eye for change to happen, and it is thankfully, each week there seems to be progress made!

Thank you so much Su, it is a topic very close to my heart so it was a post that had to be written as knowledge is power!

Thanks Jo, great to have your tips, I’ll look into those eco eggs, I remember using wash balls years ago which I got from a shopping channel but they weren’t that good. Good to know Pukka tea doesn’t use plastic in their bags, it just highlights how it isn’t necessary – let hope manufacturers turn things around sooner rather than later!

Thank you Gloria, hopefully plastic will be replaced with more plant based materials in the future.

Excellent Emma, glad to hear that-)

Thanks Angela, we just have to speak up until everyone is on board with this.

Thanks Debi. Our tea bags are paper but to seal the edges manufacturers use plastic which I only found out recently as it’s not advertised on the label. I imagine your tea bags are the same.

Thank you Colleen. I went shopping for shampoo, conditioner and shower soap bars today and made a point in John Lewis and L’Occitane that they needed to get up to speed with the single use plastic problem. I ended up in Lush and can’t wait to try out these new products.

Excellent, so pleased to hear that. The Bees Wraps are great!

Thanks Elizabeth, yes I did think about you and your Shetland beach cleans when I wrote this post. We really do have to fix this at source!

Thanks Heidi. Yes, I’ve been watching The One Show every night as they have a plastics slot on there with all the latest developments. I shall go and look up that company now-)

At first my husband thought it was weird (and so was I) when I put the apples, carrots etc in the trolley without the bags. There is a Norwegian company in the UK now called Norwex who have loads of products to help eliminate plastic use.

Thank you Katherine, the ideas just kept pouring out of me so I had to rein myself in to not go on further as it’s such a huge subject. You’re right we really have gone backwards as we have less time despite our labour saving gadgets and our convenience has cost the planet dearly! It’s time to go back to basics.

It’s funny how we’ve come so far, but we’ve really gone backwards. I also remember a huge supermarket with bulk bins, loose produce, water fountains. Wipes didn’t exist when I was young and coffee came in mugs. Convenience and a fear of germs (antibacterial products that do more harm than good, wrapping veg in plastic so, heaven forbid, another human touches our red pepper before we get home and wash it anyway) have greatly added to the world’s plastic mountain.

Well this is an epic comment! But you’ve given me a lot of food for thought. x