null; 1,879 Posted September 26, 2018 Interesting idea, shame I've boycotted walkers crisps but if I find any on the street I'll be posting them. Sorry for the So-Called BBC link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-45638416 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashestoashes 2,058 Posted September 26, 2018 they say we are 5 crisp packets away from anarchy 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Hovis 16,486 Posted September 26, 2018 Though when you come down to facts this is yet another non-news story from the So-Called BBC. Royal Mail said it had handled about 30 crisp packets so far. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karelian 107 Posted September 26, 2018 Anybody who is sufficiently concerned about the environmental impact of crisp packets wouldn't be buying packets of crisps. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarahbell 4,101 Posted September 26, 2018 20 minutes ago, karelian said: Anybody who is sufficiently concerned about the environmental impact of crisp packets wouldn't be buying packets of crisps. If you were actually genuinely concerned about your impact on the planet then there is only one course of action open to you. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Masked Tulip 18,683 Posted September 26, 2018 Wouldn't it be easier for Royal Mail to tell us Gary Lineker's address so that people can go around there and stuff them in his letter-box? 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Hovis 16,486 Posted September 26, 2018 31 minutes ago, sarahbell said: If you were actually genuinely concerned about your impact on the planet then there is only one course of action open to you. Are you suggesting burning down the Walkers' crisp factory? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarahbell 4,101 Posted September 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, Frank Hovis said: Are you suggesting burning down the Walkers' crisp factory? No. I mean they should consider removing any impact on the planet now and in the future. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Austin Allegro 6,391 Posted September 26, 2018 47 minutes ago, sarahbell said: If you were actually genuinely concerned about your impact on the planet then there is only one course of action open to you. Work for Al Gore? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Renting 5,316 Posted September 26, 2018 55 minutes ago, The Masked Tulip said: Wouldn't it be easier for Royal Mail to tell us Gary Lineker's address so that people can go around there and stuff them in pee through his letter-box? FTFY 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarahbell 4,101 Posted September 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Austin Allegro said: Work for Al Gore? Does that involve laying down and never getting up? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
null; 1,879 Posted September 26, 2018 25 minutes ago, Happy Renting said: FTFY Just curious - why the downvote? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgul 6,229 Posted September 26, 2018 These people are morons that never lived in the olden days. They don't remember opening crisp packets to find the crisps slightly not crisp. The introduction of metallised polypropylene (or whatever it is) is a magnificent progress that has only made crisp eaters happy. If they have a complaint it isn't that crisp packets are wasteful. They're actually perfect for their job. Their complaint is actually that there are far too many people eating crisps, but they're too stupid to notice. As it stands they'll just ensure that everyone keeps on eating crisps in ever increasing quantities, but will be slightly more unhappy with their experience. I'll do my bit for the planet -- I'll eat fewer crisps and I hope everyone here will do the same (I'm sure it'll be from a low base). But, whenever I do eat crisps, I'll bloody well delight in having a modern crisp packet that keeps everything tasty, even if it can't be recycled*. [* even if it does make me a Nazi. I just don't care.] 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spunko 8,365 Posted September 26, 2018 1 hour ago, The Masked Tulip said: Wouldn't it be easier for Royal Mail to tell us Gary Lineker's address so that people can go around there and stuff them in his letter-box? You know, that's a great idea. Only I don't like Walkers Crisps, so I'll post my used Hula Hoops packets to him. https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/gary-linekers-house-1/view/google/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
null; 1,879 Posted September 26, 2018 2 hours ago, null; said: Interesting idea, shame I've boycotted walkers crisps but if I find any on the street I'll be posting them. Sorry for the So-Called BBC link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-45638416 I'll just clarify that if I post any back its not because of concerns over them not being recyclable, it's because I've boycotted Walkers due to Gary Lineker, I would add a comment to that effect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spunko 8,365 Posted September 26, 2018 Worth reposting this BTW. https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/02/someone-has-been-sending-used-toilet-paper-to-gary-lineker-in-the-post-for-20-years-6356056/ Someone has been sending used toilet paper to Gary Lineker in the post for 20 years 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
null; 1,879 Posted September 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, dgul said: These people are morons that never lived in the olden days. They don't remember opening crisp packets to find the crisps slightly not crisp. The introduction of metallised polypropylene (or whatever it is) is a magnificent progress that has only made crisp eaters happy. If they have a complaint it isn't that crisp packets are wasteful. They're actually perfect for their job. Their complaint is actually that there are far too many people eating crisps, but they're too stupid to notice. As it stands they'll just ensure that everyone keeps on eating crisps in ever increasing quantities, but will be slightly more unhappy with their experience. I'll do my bit for the planet -- I'll eat fewer crisps and I hope everyone here will do the same (I'm sure it'll be from a low base). But, whenever I do eat crisps, I'll bloody well delight in having a modern crisp packet that keeps everything tasty, even if it can't be recycled*. [* even if it does make me a Nazi. I just don't care.] Well put. I'm a big believer in recycling, but only when it makes sense to do so. The mantra used to be Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Making things recyclable or 'bio' degradable can have undesirable consequences. For example, higher energy inputs or plastcis that degrade into tiny particles that enter the food chain and our lungs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Hovis 16,486 Posted September 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, spunko said: Worth reposting this BTW. https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/02/someone-has-been-sending-used-toilet-paper-to-gary-lineker-in-the-post-for-20-years-6356056/ Someone has been sending used toilet paper to Gary Lineker in the post for 20 years Bath postcode. Respect to @man o' the year 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Renting 5,316 Posted September 26, 2018 1 hour ago, null; said: Just curious - why the downvote? Assuming you were serious, you just end up with posties, who have nothing to do with Walkers, delivering dirty greasy junk. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Renting 5,316 Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) BTW I was not serious about peeing through Gay Lineker's letter box. Honest.... Edited September 26, 2018 by Happy Renting 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leonardratso 1,821 Posted September 26, 2018 17 minutes ago, Happy Renting said: BTW I was not serious about peeing through Gay Lineker's letter box. Honest.... someones already shitting thru it (for 20 years). 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virgil Caine 4,972 Posted September 26, 2018 4 hours ago, sarahbell said: If you were actually genuinely concerned about your impact on the planet then there is only one course of action open to you. Eat so many crisps you die young ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Hovis 16,486 Posted September 26, 2018 the So-Called BBC story is being rather coy in showing somebody shoving an unaddressed crisp packet into a postbox. The reality is this. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7349768/royal-mail-walkers-crisp-packets/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Melchett 2,481 Posted September 26, 2018 3 hours ago, spunko said: Worth reposting this BTW. https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/02/someone-has-been-sending-used-toilet-paper-to-gary-lineker-in-the-post-for-20-years-6356056/ Someone has been sending used toilet paper to Gary Lineker in the post for 20 years 20 years? Wow, they truly had insights most of the rest of us have only gained in the last couple of years. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alonso Quijano 3,801 Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) This really shows the power of the So-Called BBC doesn't it? The Blue Planet plastic episode overly dramatised the issue with plastics (especially in relation to this country), and has triggered significant shouty ignoramus and look at how virtuous I am activists. Plastics dreamed up as the new green issue since climate change was losing its hold on people. Edited September 26, 2018 by Alonso Quijano 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites