Easy on the plastic now
Life without plastic pretty is hard to imagine now. Well, thanks to BBC journalist Christine Jeavans it’s about to get a little easier as she’s given up buying or accepting anything which contains or is packaged in plastic for the month of august.
It’s an interesting and important idea, and one that’s close to our hearts. When you look at sock packaging, for example, there’s nearly always that little black plastic hook used to hang the socks. In the great scheme of things it’s so small, and fairly easy to overlook as harmful waste. But when you consider that the U.S. alone buys upwards of 600 million pairs of socks each year then it suddenly is worth thinking about.
Our own packaging contains no little plastic hook, just recycled cotton waste printed with soy inks. It’s not a big step, but what a difference such a small change could make across the entire sector.
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August 4th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Totally agree with this one and quite frightening to realise just how many of those useless little sock tags are used for babies,childrens and adult socks. Not necessary at all. Look forward to seeing your clever and innovative packaging!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
The hooks should be edible I say!
August 12th, 2008 at 10:48 am
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
yeah, me too. try to avoid buying anything that comes in plastic….it is not easy. after watching the video of the waste in our seas, we have to stop using so much unneccasary packaging. well done guys, looking forward to see your innovation. Cheers