What’s the last thing you bought online?

66Mustang

@OverlyAnxious

My brother worked for the council for a bit and told me that a lot of household recycling doesn't get recycled - something to do with the public not being able to be trusted as people often don't separate stuff enough before chucking it in (like taking lids off of bottles)

I don't know if that's true at all or not

I did read something about why there is so much fly tipping though. Apparently the tax on disposing of most trade waste is £100 a ton which sounds quite cheap but ripping out a kitchen can make a few hundred kilos, so dumping it saves them 30 or 40 pounds. I'm not saying that's at all right as I hate seeing fly tipped junk when I'm driving round the countryside but it kind of explains their motivation I suppose

OverlyAnxious

Household recycling is different. It's the household residual waste (previously landfilled) that gets incinerated here.

Plastic recycling is more complicated than many would think. A lot of ours in the UK gets bundled up and shipped to other countries to be recycled. Not all of it does get recycled there, and obviously there's an extra carbon footprint involved in the transportation as well. The plastic bottle return scheme coming soon should work more efficiently. It'll be a closed loop manufacture, where just those particular bottles go back into making new bottles for the same companies in the same country. (PS - Bottles in household waste should be crushed and have the lid refitted now, not removed as was necessary previously.)

Yes, sadly there has been a large cost involved with trade waste for years, plus needing to hold a waste carriers licence as well. Many people will do anything to save a few quid, and think nothing of the environmental impact.

JJinPA

@OverlyAnxious

I think plastics disturb me the most. It's not just that they generally last forever as waste, but they break more readily than a parts made of metal(s). My dad was killed in 1975. I inherited his Black and Decker drill motor. He'd had it since I was little. It must have been manufactured in the 50s. I used it for another 20 years. When it wore out I bought a new Black and Decker drill motor. It lasted only three years before its plastic body cracked leaving the internal parts without support.

I absolutely hate plastics. I understand plastics are easier to mold. I see the appeal. I am hoping with 3D metal printing technology that we will begin to see metal parts again.

66Mustang

My Dad said when he was little there was some kind of return scheme for bottles and cans and as a kid he’d collect littered ones and hand them in for pocket money :D

In some of Africa where my Mum’s been (The Gambia and Senegal) beer companies sell beer quite expensively but give you a significant, not a token, amount back for the bottles. Glass is higher in demand there apparently and the idea is that you are buying the beer, not the bottle it’s delivered to you in

66Mustang

Just to add there’s a significant duty to pay to export beer from there as well!!! My Mum brought some beer back for me to try and they clearly want to discourage the removal of glass bottles from their eco-cycle in their home country!!

66Mustang

I treated myself to another nice bottle of whisk(e?)y yesterday

I have a reasonably diverse selection of whiskies/whiskeys now but I would say I am overexposed to Scotch which may be natural but I wanted to diversify a bit. I purchased an English whisky that is actually made quite near me, in Norfolk. It's a new one which is matured in ex-sherry casks which is quite a common thing to do and it creates a flavour that I tend to like!!

In case anyone gets concerned about me buying whisky I will say I am accumulating it a lot faster than I am drinking it now. One day I will need to pause looking for new ones and spend a few months just using them but I keep seeing something new that I need to add to the collection 😂

JJinPA

Basa wood.

JJinPA

Oops. Balsa wood.

66Mustang

I'm tempted to buy some soft drinks from a Japanese shop because they are doing a sale

66Mustang

Just bought some Japanese fizzy drinks, fruit drinks and some powder to make Matcha (Japanese tea) which I've never had before and am really looking forward to trying 🤔

rubin16

I just subscribed to a monthly snack subscription box, each box is filled with snacks and a drink from a different mystery country. I just fancy trying it for a few months and try new things so i'm quite excited for my first box.

66Mustang

@rubin16

That sounds awesome

I love trying new things as well, I often don't really like stuff I try but I still prefer to try it than not know

What are your favourite things to try??

becw

Cinema tickets to see Deadpool & wolverine😄

rubin16

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/866233#Comment_866233

I would try anything to be honest, i'm just bored of our usual snacks and want to try something new what I've not had before. The only bad side to it though is if I really enjoy something from it its going to be hard sourcing it to have it again xD

Teigr

Everything I need to clean and seal the floor tiles in our hallway.

mrsBB

Hi

I just ordered some medical dressings 🤣 I have the DN coming in every other day and the ones they use are pants lol They know they are not great (but are still really expensive even on Amazon etc ) but its all down to funding as usual, so yep part of my PIP goes on things like this and bath additive's etc. Wonder if these would have been in ''the catalogue'' 🤣🤨

66Mustang

@mrsBB

That's a good point that we spend our PIP on stuff we need because of our disability but they probably wouldn't think of it!!

In my case I wonder if there would be jerry cans of petrol in the catalogue because that's what I would need to order 😂

mrsBB

@mustang lol there might even be petrol haha you just never know. My bath additive costs between £40-£50 a month depending if I can get iut on offer. It can be prescribed for severe Psoriasis, its classed as an exception but my local commissioning board or whatever they are called have refused point blank to allow it be prescribed. I wrote to my GP and practice manager attatching the I think the NICE recomendation, dont know what its called lol, but nope still will not allow it. These are just two of the items I purchase each and every month, Better hope that catalogue had these items in it 😁 and your jerry cans in a selection of colours 🤣

Albus_Scope

Mineral balls for the little aquarium, to keep the snails shells healthy and the baby newts can grow big and strong. 😁

Sandy_123

groceries