Climate Change
Comments(2) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Download from here. 2500 scientists from 130 countries and 6 years research. The report backs up what we* already believe, but maybe drums it in a little bit more, which can only be good. When I was in Berlin the awareness of environmental issues were everywhere, where they are not here. Solar panels on roofs, bins for different types of waste on the street and in train stations. L had a whole stack of cloth bags for grocery shopping; absolutely no free plastic bags at supermarkets and lights on timers. There was even a joke in my guidebook about different coloured bins for recycling in every courtyard for every residential building.
[* Maybe this is a royal 'we', cos obviously not everyone believes this.]
I’m still flabbergasted at how few people use their own bags at the supermarket in this country. I wish the supermarkets themselves would stop providing the plastic ones.
I’ve got a reusable bag which packs down to a tiny little pouch and I take it wherever I go, so if I need to buy something on my way home from work, I’ve always got a bag. I also use it in other shops – you get very funny looks in clothes shops when you say you don’t need a bag!
I saw some segregated bins in Cardiff City Centre, which pleased me. My workplace also has separate bins for cans, plastic bottles, paper etc.
I never put my veg in separate bags, just keep them loose and that gets me funny looks and cashiers trying to be helpful by putting them in bags for me, I have to be quick off the mark to stop them.
That’s really good about the bins in Cardiff – I’ve yet to see any in London.