How about chicken bones (all meat bones for that matter) - I put them in the bin normally - is there another use. I do mean cooked meat bones.

But you are right, making packaging that isn’t recyclable isn’t right in today’s climate.

It’s a good aspiration Mr Norris, but unfortunately, market forces and consumerism is not working with that ideal. It usually cheaper to but a new X that repair it and more superstores are stocking high value items in blisterpacks to prevent pilfering. That’s not a move forward for packaging.

When did you last see a repair shop for a television? with prices of so called luxury goods dropping all the time, it’s clear that we are being encouraged to buy new instead of repair. Conflicting messages will not help the cause … Thank-you for speaking here though.

I actually agree with much of what Mr Green said above. The consumer is getting too much stick about what we throw away, when really the manufacturers need to improve packaging. I would also add that local authorities need to increase recycling banks as this is bound to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

Anyway, thank-you Mr Norris, you have my support, if you can deliver these proposals.

Maybe I ‘ve missed a vital point here but wouldn’t that giant food bag provide someome in Manilla with sufficient material to make an entire apron? Just a thought.