Dump the plastic bag
Last Saturday, I stopped at our stationery shop for some envelopes and, to my surprise, I noticed that The Times newspaper was not wrapped in the plastic bag as has been the case of the Saturday publications a few weeks back (since the publication of the new TV Guide, to be exact).
Why does one have to resort to this sort of offence against the environment, considering that The Sunday Times, apart from the fact of having more pages in most instances, is accompanied by various coloured magazines and, yet, is not wrapped in plastic?
The least one can do is to use biodegradable plastic that does not damage the environment.
I am a regular reader of this particular newspaper, however, I will refuse to purchase future copies wrapped in plastic.
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Giov DeMartino
Jul 1st 2012, 05:58
Kemm nivvintaw biex ingorru!
Ramon Casha
Jun 30th 2012, 19:53
It is unfortunate - and inexcusable - that the government first started a project to encourage the use of biodegradable plastics only to drop everything in a short time and switch to a policy that probably is generating more plastic waste today than it did before.
Patrick Zammit
Jul 1st 2012, 07:22
Ramon, upon EU membership, we had to ditch the bottling of soft drinks in returnable glass bottles and instead use plastic ones so as not to be in competition with foreign bottlers (according to the EU big heads).
The result was a huge increase of plastic waste plus an increase in the price of soft drinks.
Joseph John Camilleri
Jun 30th 2012, 18:52
I was also surprised when I saw the Times wrapped in plastic. However I found it the large plastic bag very handy for wrapping all plastic bottles and other plastic material for the recycle bin.
Patrick Zammit
Jun 30th 2012, 13:35
If you refuse to purchase items packaged in plastic, you will die of thirst and hunger in no time.
Lino Cuomo
Jun 30th 2012, 10:39
Dear Editor,
I would like to express my sincere thanks for taking notice of the contents of my letter as above, wereby today,s issue of the Times was unwrapped as was the case with previous Saturdays' copies.
Thanks for your help in saving the environment from more plastic.
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