Monday, March 09, 2009

Greggs introduce the unrecyclable bag

Greggs, the high end foods retailer specialising in high salt and high sugar content has introduced a new composite bag made of plastic and paper. It combines all the features of both materials. If you get caught in the rain leaving the shop, you can be sure that although one half of the bag with fall apart in your hand, the other half of the bag will stay intact for hundreds of year, at which time the loaf will be just outside its 'best before date' thanks to the use of modern preservatives.

To the untrained eye and probably to most local authority recycling officers, this bag looks pretty much unrecyclable but Greggs have their best brains looking at this conundrum.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Transition Highbury

It hasn't launched yet but there is a steering group of five people: Isabel Carlisle, Antony Melville, Cinzia Sarigu, Roger Wright and Tom Hitchman! Transition Highbury