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Less 12-12-2021 14:43

The Cost Of Going Green?
 
Walkers crisps have now replaced the plastic packaging for their multi-packets of crisps. They now come in completely recyclable cardboard boxes, wonderful news for the environmentalists isn't it?
The cost of the multipack seems about the same as before except, if you look closely, instead of 24 packets of crisps they now offer 22!
If all other 'green' companies follow suit does this mean we'll end up paying one twelfth more for everything? If so, no surprise there then.

cashman 12-12-2021 14:49

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glad i dont eat em :D

Margaret Pilkington 12-12-2021 15:05

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Well, Walkers have to pay Gary Lineker something don’t they?
I priced a 6 pack of these crisps in a local supermarket….£1.75 for six packs……Seabrooks….6 packs for a quid……so no prize for guessing which I didn’t buy.

dotti34 13-12-2021 01:29

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While on the subject of the environment, and with regard to COVID testing and jabbing, I have a question. Where are all the used masks going to end up, and the syringes? What about the plastic gowns, and all the other pieces of paraphernalia that is included in PPE? Just asking.

monkey hanger 14-12-2021 09:12

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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1261077)
While on the subject of the environment, and with regard to COVID testing and jabbing, I have a question. Where are all the used masks going to end up, and the syringes? What about the plastic gowns, and all the other pieces of paraphernalia that is included in PPE? Just asking.

they will just ignore that because it does not suite them. pass the organic counter, buy some meat than go out to put a 100 quid of diesel in your 4x4 you,ll be on the greenies hit list. thank goodness my surname isn,t green as i,d change it legally or illegally.

Less 14-12-2021 09:48

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Another thing I've just noticed on this bright red 'green' box is the term CLASSIC 22 pack.

The definition of 'classic' is
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judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.
This is brand new packaging so the period of time that it has been judged over is very, very short indeed, so short in fact I don't think in all honesty they should use the term 'classic' with this product at all!

DaveinGermany 14-12-2021 14:55

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1261058)
Well, Walkers have to pay Gary Lineker something don’t they?


Must admit I tend to avoid Walkers because of the gob lineker, when I'm over I'll pick up McCoys or Seebrooks.

cashman 14-12-2021 14:59

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1261164)
Must admit I tend to avoid Walkers because of the gob lineker, when I'm over I'll pick up McCoys or Seebrooks.

we prefer seabrooks anyway.

Margaret Pilkington 14-12-2021 16:05

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I would rather do without crisps than add to linekers bank balance.
I would eat my own eyeballs with a pickle fork before I would eat Walkers

Less 14-12-2021 18:11

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1261170)
I would eat my own eyeballs with a pickle fork before I would eat Walkers

If I ever invite you to one of my crisps in Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles bowls, candle lit suppers, would you mind awfully if you were searched at the door, it wouldn't do for you to be let loose with a pickle fork just in case the odd packet of walkers was discovered near your seat.

entwisi 15-12-2021 08:17

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i've always preferred Seabrooks as well to walkers, just flavour and texture wise they are far nicer.

in the quest for going green I have recently swapped my monstrous big old luxo barge for a nice 30 year old Merc.. now you might say surely that thing is sticking far more crap out the exhaust than a modern DPF/CAT fitted car but in total e2e life the fact that its still here and the resources ( hardly any plastic btw, all nice easily recycled metal and non of that rare earth stuff... good all pig iron ) means its far far less than any modern hybrid/EV could ever hope to be.

monkey hanger 15-12-2021 08:21

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1261170)
I would rather do without crisps than add to linekers bank balance.
I would eat my own eyeballs with a pickle fork before I would eat Walkers

that reminds me of the subject of advertising a group of us had years ago. having some celebrity advertising anything or a football team being sponsored by someone can be counter productive. if you do not care for the celeb or hate that football team you,d swerve their products. at the time man. utd. were being sponsored by sharp so none of us would buy that product.

monkey hanger 15-12-2021 08:25

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Originally Posted by entwisi (Post 1261190)

in the quest for going green I have recently swapped my monstrous big old luxo barge for a nice 30 year old Merc.. now you might say surely that thing is sticking far more crap out the exhaust than a modern DPF/CAT fitted car but in total e2e life the fact that its still here and the resources ( hardly any plastic btw, all nice easily recycled metal and non of that rare earth stuff... good all pig iron ) means its far far less than any modern hybrid/EV could ever hope to be.

keep up the good work with your merc. love driving my no cat peugeot 309 and 405 diesels if only to pee the greenies off. anyway i can annoy these do gooding sods the better.

Exile on Spencer St 15-12-2021 18:20

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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1261077)
While on the subject of the environment, and with regard to COVID testing and jabbing, I have a question. Where are all the used masks going to end up, and the syringes? What about the plastic gowns, and all the other pieces of paraphernalia that is included in PPE? Just asking.

Dotti,
For many years we used to export our plastic cr*p to the Far East for ‘processing’.
China is now sending that plastic cr*p back to us in the shape of masks.

Margaret Pilkington 16-12-2021 15:07

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Originally Posted by Less (Post 1261177)
If I ever invite you to one of my crisps in Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles bowls, candle lit suppers, would you mind awfully if you were searched at the door, it wouldn't do for you to be let loose with a pickle fork just in case the odd packet of walkers was discovered near your seat.

If you invite me to one of your evening soirées Less I will bring my own crisps to save you from the terrible responsibility of doing a body search….and if I bring my own crisps I will leave my pickle fork at home.
But be warned…I’m not sharing:D

Margaret Pilkington 16-12-2021 15:09

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Oh yes, and you need not dust off the Doulton because I will eat mine right out of the bag.

Less 16-12-2021 15:41

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1261293)
Oh yes, and you need not dust off the Doulton because I will eat mine right out of the bag.

How common!

Margaret Pilkington 16-12-2021 16:16

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Yes of course Less, but I do not drink milk right from the carton…I put it in a jam jar��

Less 16-12-2021 16:21

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1261297)
Yes of course Less, but I do not drink milk right from the carton…I put it in a jam jar��

It's too late, no use trying to fool me into thinking you can afford jam, I bet you nicked the jar from someone's recycle bin.

monkey hanger 17-12-2021 09:50

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would be interesting if you could opt out of the green levy how many of the greenies would join us by doing so.

DaveinGermany 17-12-2021 14:14

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Originally Posted by monkey hanger (Post 1261338)
would be interesting if you could opt out of the green levy how many of the greenies would join us by doing so.


Just like the lefterists & bleaters, chucking money around left, right & centre, just so long as it isn't coming out of their pockets!

Margaret Pilkington 17-12-2021 14:58

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Originally Posted by Less (Post 1261298)
It's too late, no use trying to fool me into thinking you can afford jam, I bet you nicked the jar from someone's recycle bin.

Oh Less! Did you have to tell everybody…..now they know I can’t afford jam….in fact how things are going I will be having only pretend bread too.
Still….Cashy taught me to look on the bright side….it doesn’t go stale or mouldy nearly as quickly as real bread.:D

monkey hanger 18-12-2021 08:50

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funny how the ducks prefer the wet pretend bread to that soaked proper bread when i feed them. same as the stinking chemical they call tap water that my dog at the time would refuse to drink prefering the canal stuff. it does make you think.


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