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And as for the nachos, it would be nice to see the supermarkets offering them in the same size, but with a perforation down the middle, so that you can choose to eat a whole packet of nachos or just half.

This isn’t so much saving the planet, it’s saving you the bother of resealing the pack (or of storing in a kilner) 😉

Frugality is (IME) best helped by supporting fresh markets and packaging-free shops – with the focus on storing ingredients and prepping/cooking own food.

Salsa for instance is fast and easy to cook from fresh ingredients and/or tinned. Can’t remember the last time I bought ready-made salsa (admittedly was unimpressed with both the taste and packaging)

Here’s a weekend project:

Now you have a tortilla-press (an iron one is not expensive though, about £20) to cook as many (or as few) fresh, authentic chips as you like, for the rest of your days.

oh now thats cool.

Did anyone see this about how supermarkets putting doors on their refrigerators could save 1% of UK electricity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59141894

Did anyone see this about how supermarkets putting doors on their refrigerators could save 1% of UK electricity.

Been **** obvious for years, what sort of complete idiot then puts a hot air blower above an aisle of open chillers?

The Scotmid Co-op in our local town has just had a refit and replaced all the fridges and freezers with ones with doors.

Anyone near to Worcester City (shop) or (for delivery) to

Malvern +, Ledbury, Bishop’s Frome, Bromyard – first Tuesday of the Month
Out as far as Bewdley – second Tuesday of the Month
Evesham & anywhere along the route – 3rd Tuesday of the month

You can now order for collection or delivery online:

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Did anyone see this about how supermarkets putting doors on their refrigerators could save 1% of UK electricity.

Quite a few have doors now. Does anybody else walk around supermarkets closing all the doors that have been left open?

Did anyone see this about how supermarkets putting doors on their refrigerators could save 1% of UK electricity.

Does that number seem credible? I’m not doubting that there’s an opportunity to save electricity by doing it – but 1% of ALL the UK’s electricity? That would be an ENORMOUS amount of money, even without the planet supermarkets would surely have done that to benefit their bottom line. UK electricity demand is apparently 320,000 GWh [1] so 1% of that is 3200 GWh. Which at 10p per KWh (a very cheap price [2]) = £320M of missed savings between the supermarket chains.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/323381/total-demand-for-electricity-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
[2] https://powercompare.co.uk/electricity-prices/

@p7eaven:

It’s Sod’s law that anything stored in a container in my fridge is guaranteed to be neglected/ spoil.

Some people enjoy the convenience of convenience foods.

They’re also supporting the indigenous dip-farmers of olde Tesco towne.

Obviously, the whole salsa/ nachos thing was an example. But I’m guessing that once you’ve opened a pack of nachos, that’s going impinge on their shelf life.

Likewise my gnocchi.

I’d like to see the food manufacturers phase out their use glass jars (extra weight in transportation) and tin cans (too bloody lethal for this day and age).

You’d want your baked beans or spaghetti to be packaged in a biodegradable packet, perforated to reflect your culinary requirements.

I think there’s a more general concern with supermarkets not reflecting the change in demographics towards singletons.

Making nachos from scratch sounds fun/ messy.

Present company excepted, but people do get in a bit of a tizz about packaging.

There’s no reason why my nachos can’t be packaged in biodegradable hemp plastic.

The demand for hemp plastic will fuel the demand for hemp cultivation. Growing hemp will take co2 out of the atmosphere and eventually return it to the soil.

“According to Defra, UK Farming emits a total CO2 equivalent of 57
million tonnes in green house gases (GHG’s). UK agricultural land
use is 18.5 million hectares. This amounts to an average of around
3.1 tonnes of CO2 per hectare total embodied emissions.
In comparison, one hectare of industrial hemp can absorb 15 tonnes
of CO2 per hectare. It is possible to grow to two crops per year so
CO2 absorption can be doubled.” (European Institute for Hemp Cultivation).

It seems like a virtuous cycle, growing hemp and making everything out of it.
Win-win?

I’m starting to read up on the carbon cycle. I guess that some items, like hemp packaging are returned to the soil quicker than others (clothes).

How quickly do they release co2 as they decompose?

The only downside to me from hemp cultivation is that it apparently attracts lightning. (Scary!)

Had to ask for the thread to be reopened, the last post was 2 years ago!

This link may be of interest to some and there’s plenty to read. Currently looking into this and would very much like to support a local farm by purchasing their meat.

We champion the restorative power of grazing animals on pasture

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