Friday, October 05, 2007

"Buy It Naked" say Gateshead Lib Dems


Liberal Democrats from Gateshead have welcomed a motion passed at the party’s conference in September to tackle excess packaging.


They say that Liberal Democrat plans to help consumers and retailers to ‘Buy It Naked’ would dramatically lessen the growing waste burden.


Britain’s total domestic waste is up 21% since 1997, while household recycling has increased from 6% to 23%. Packaging from food products and other household items accounts for 17% of the average home’s food budget.


While the Government has failed to meet the demands of an EU Directive passed to set targets for waste reduction, the Liberal Democrats have been labelled by an independent body as the greenest party in UK politics.


North East Euro MP Fiona Hall said, "Packaging accounts for around 5 million tonnes of waste per year. Considering total domestic waste in Britain is currently around 26 million tonnes per year, it is plain to see that packaging makes up a very significant contribution to the UK’s waste problem."


Councillor Jonathan Wallace said, "There is as much packaging used in the distribution process as there is from the shop to the consumer, but this is hidden because the consumer never sees it: the shop has to dispose of it."


Commenting on measures such as these that help customers to ‘BUY IT NAKED’, Fiona Hall said, "Supermarkets give away more than 17 billion plastic bags each year. Simple action to reduce the amount of plastic bags given away would have an immediate positive effect."
Photo: instead of using disposable carrier bags, Lib Dems Jonathan Wallace and Fiona Hall MEP want shops to make it easier for people to use reusable bags and cut down on packaging.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No quotes from Ruddy and Craig this time?

You must be slipping, Jonathan!

Anonymous said...

aw, baby xXx, why can't you put the action where your mouth is
(proper work on the ground, as well as other places - oohhh! I need a cold bath XxX) instead of entering silly snipes like that ? XxX

Anonymous said...

A snipe is a game bird!

Unlike you, eh?

Anonymous said...

OOOHH !! My darling xXx I just love it when you get heated and annoyed in our political discussions XxXxX - It turns me on like you wouldn't believe XxXxX

You're right for once babe, I'm no game bird. I could certainly show you a thing or 2 XxXxX in more ways than 10 xXxXx

I'm off to have another cold shower XXXXXXXXXXX

Anonymous said...

no reply to this darling ? x ? x ?

Not like you ! XXXXX

You are normally the first person to respond to everyone.

You make want a cold shower by just touching me XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

But if you and I WERE TO BECOME AN ITEM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

We would melt the North Pole.

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