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Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 25 11:51 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Is that like a strainer but in the mug not on top as normal,so the used tea can be taken out?

2 "spoons" with holes that can open and close to put tea in or take out used leaves

the '2 spoon' types tend to leak tealeaves.. and I hate tealeaves in my cup

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 25 11:51 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

Nicky cigreen wrote:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Is that like a strainer but in the mug not on top as normal,so the used tea can be taken out?

yep

this is an example, but you can buy them for just a couple of quid. I have several.
You can use your favourite mug/ cup, the tea has room to move about so you get a good brew, then it lifts out and spent teabags knocked into the compost box.

not seen those, dont they cool the water too much for proper brewing?

not at all

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 25 6:41 am Post subject:
Mine isn't too bad. I did see the sort you are talking about Nicky, on the stall with the ceramic ones. I have something similar but in plastic for our teapot. The teapot was designed for it and it is rather useful. Before that we used a tea strainer.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6709
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 25 9:59 am Post subject:
Mine are like the two spoons, but instead of spoons are hemispheres of strainer screen. As long as you only fill one side and don't get material on the lip where they join it doesn't leak anything other than very fine particles. MR, doesn't a plastic strainer reduce the minimization of plastic exposure?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 25 7:48 am Post subject:

Yes it does, but that was how our teapot came. I think we are probably a bit old to think about minimising our plastic exposure now and as there is so much plastic that we can't avoid, that is a small amount. I would love to be able to buy fruit in non-plastic punnets, strawberries etc. but it is virtually impossible. Even 'cardboard' is often coated in plastic. I do get my meat in 'waxed' paper bags, but the butcher insists on putting a sheet of thin plastic round it and it is stored in plastic. The time may come when we don't use it, but it may not be in my lifetime.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 25 1:16 pm Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

.... I would love to be able to buy fruit in non-plastic punnets, strawberries etc. but it is virtually impossible. ...

I'm surprised you find it hard as I find it fairly easy - I do get fruit and veg from riverford which is completely plastic free. But also from the market and from a local shop, which supply brown paper bags.
When buying meat from the butcher - the butcher I favour packages it in sealed paper bags, which are recyclable. They are also completely fine about people bringing their own containers.
I actually think fruit, veg and meat are the easiest to get without plastic. Other things... like cheese, biscuits, pulses.. much harder to get without plastic.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4632
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 25 1:26 pm Post subject:
Milk is the hardest to avoid,when i was a boy we used to get our milk from the 2 farms nextdoor who milked,we collected it in a Tizer bottle.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9243
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 25 6:55 pm Post subject:
There are more and more going over to glass bottles...smaller dairies usually. Our nearest is Mossgiel ( where Robert Burns used to farm) and a local company will deliver their bottles. Mossgiel also are organic, non homogenised, small batch brew pasteurised...and do "Cow with calf " milk where the calf stays with the cow until weaned. Makes the best yoghurt ever

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 25 8:09 am Post subject:

I prefer to get my own fruit and veg from a farm, but the only ones I can go to are a fair distance, so wouldn't be very good idea. I am not keen on veg boxes as I wouldn't get the things I wanted and often things I don't want and wouldn't eat, or more importantly, husband wouldn't eat. Sadly the place I used to get my stuff from closed as it wasn't making enough money for the owners and they shut down the fruit farm itself. They did get their stuff as locally as possible though. The meat I get is in paper bags, but they add plastic. I am sure they would even if I took my own container. It is the current head butcher who seems to love plastic. I don't want to leave them as they have their own beef and pork and local lamb, so know where it all comes from.

Florence

Joined: 15 Mar 2025
Posts: 138

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 25 8:35 am Post subject:
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has those problems with veg boxes MR. Last edited by Florence on Sun Jun 15, 25 4:42 pm; edited 1 time in total

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 25 10:57 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

...I am not keen on veg boxes as I wouldn't get the things I wanted and often things I don't want and wouldn't eat, or more importantly, husband wouldn't eat. ...

depends on the veg box company. Riverford (local to me) allows you to either pick a box from a variety of boxes, or you can just choose your own veg and make up your own order. You can change your order around up to 2 nights before delivery. Therefore I never have fruit or veg delivered that we wont eat.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 25 11:46 am Post subject:
our chums in the market put veg in paper bags, meat and fish get plastic supermarket stuff always has plastic the local shop has some loose fruit and veg, but most is factory packed in plastic

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6709
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 25 2:44 pm Post subject:

For some uses, there are strong arguments for plastic shopping bags, etc.

I'm less concerned when it's not in contact with heated food. Often a single re-use of a plastic bag makes it far and away less impactful on the environment than a paper bag used once.

Disposal is definitely the con. A plastic bag that ends up on the roadside never disappears fully, just breaks down into smaller more problematic parts, while a paper bag will completely decompose. Better societal systems for using plastic carefully would make it the better choice in many circumstances, but not all. Folks get a bit to all or nothing......

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 25 3:27 pm Post subject:

when it comes to shopping bags - carrier bags - I think the UK are fairly sorted - most people I know use reusable cloth carrier bags to visit the independent shops, then for supermarkets people have bags for life which are used many times, and a last resort, if you you visit my local supermarket and forget your bag, you can either buy a bag for life or a biodegradable plastic bag.

Supermarkets have bins to put food wrapping plastic in to be recycled. Though i think there is some doubt about how much of this actually gets recycled.. I guess it is a start?

As always, just acquiring less is the best way forwards, but not always possible.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 25 8:43 am Post subject:

I agree Nicky. I must take my soft plastic down the road to the recycling. If paper bags are dirty they go on my compost heap, but clean ones can go into the kerbside recycling. I use both paper and plastic bags until they become unusable anyway, and always have a cloth (all be it nylon or something) bag in my handbag for odd bits. Sainsbury's did rigid boxes years ago, so supermarket shopping goes in them to bring home.

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