Sitting at home in my semi-retirement, I have had plenty of time to reflect on the Plastic Debate. I can understand people’s reluctance to use plastic as a result of David Attenborough’s programme The Blue Planet. But if we avoid it, how are we ever going to begin to clean up our oceans, beaches, and the [...]
In the programme ‘The War on Plastic’, both presenters – Hugh Fearnley-Whitttingstall and Anita Rani – spent the whole sixty minutes criticising plastic, in particular, sandwich cartons. But halfway through, my wife spotted that Anita Rani was wearing a mock leather skirt – which, ironically, is a form of plastic. “Can’t be that bad” [...]
On the 3rd & 4th November I attended a virtual conference held by AMI on Chemical Recycling. As much as my poor grade in Chemistry A level would allow me to understand it, I found it very interesting and thought-provoking. Here are my thoughts from a keen amateur. My general impression was that the [...]
