Contacting Retailers/Sick of Plastic
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:45 am
I was in a supermarket (please excuse the language) the other day, and noticed a brand of porridge. They have multiple lines, and I was curious about their organic oats, so I took a closer look. The packaging around it is not only recyclable paper, but it's also biodegradable. I thought this to be ingenious, but was sad to see they only have two products packaged this way. I thought on it for a while, and decided I would contact them to ask if they were considering or planning to increase this packaging on any of their other products (I'm waiting a response, as I only sent it last night).
I'm wondering if anyone else has done this? Contacting brands and asking them about their packaging. If enough people asked, or better, demanded/boycotted brands to force them to change, think what a positive impact that could be for our planet. I'm looking forward to the sick of plastic day on 21st April here in Ireland. FOE are encouraging people to ditch their unnecessary packaging at the checkout after purchase. I think the volume of stuff being abandoned in the shops will be a disturbing visual phenomenon, as it is so easy to simply overlook this sort of thing, until it's staring you in the face.
I'm wondering if anyone else has done this? Contacting brands and asking them about their packaging. If enough people asked, or better, demanded/boycotted brands to force them to change, think what a positive impact that could be for our planet. I'm looking forward to the sick of plastic day on 21st April here in Ireland. FOE are encouraging people to ditch their unnecessary packaging at the checkout after purchase. I think the volume of stuff being abandoned in the shops will be a disturbing visual phenomenon, as it is so easy to simply overlook this sort of thing, until it's staring you in the face.