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Crisp packets. Taken from the My Zero waste web site

The question on every zero waster’s lips is about recycling crisp packets. Those pesky metallised packs that end up in landfill.

Even Mrs A has a crisps habit, and she in great company with Little miss Green who gets attacks of the crisp cravings on a regular basis.

Well now friends, I bring glad tidings, because not only can you recycle your crisp bags in the UK, but they will be put to great use too.

You see, this isn’t just a faceless corporation sorting through your bags and making them into something weird and wonderful. No, crisp bags can literally make the difference to many people’s lives, thanks to the Philippine Community Fund.

Your crisp bags can be sent to Southampton where they will be shipped to the Philippines (in a ship that is already going there anyway) and the crisp bags will be woven into wonderful purses and hand bags. I’ve seen the products and they really are special.

Now here’s the really fantastic part. Sending your crisp packets for recycling means that the children of the Mothers working in the factory can go to school.
Prior to the Philippine Community Fund, these children were literally scavenging off the landfill sites, desperate to make ends meet. They remained uneducated, lived in poverty and the cycle continued down the generations.

Now you and your crisp eating habits can change lives for the better AND you can keep stuff out of our landfills.

Does it get any better?

Well, yes it does actually, because we’ve also found a way to recycle toothpaste tubes, coffee pouches, confectionery wrappers and even dog and cat food pouches - but more on that another day.

On Thursday, Ange from the Philippine Community Fund will be sharing her guest post to tell you more about the fantastic work they are doing to reduce poverty, change lives and reduce landfill waste. And in February, we are proud to announce we will be launching a crisp bag recycling container in Gloucester Tesco (the one on the old cattle market), so local people will be able to recycle their crisp bags there!

If you’re not local, then post your crisp bags (you can send the outers of multiple packs too) to Ange. Call her on 01489 790219 for details and be sure you tune in on Thursday when Ange will be telling you all about the fabulous work the Philippine Community are doing.

Hello Ann....this is very interesting:o))
l tried to print it, but for some reason l get every page but the one with the details on, how strange!!

jude:o(
off to try again!!

lts worked this time but only because l printed all 3 sheets.....ooo err

jude

If you read the web site Mac, this family had one bin bag of rubbish for a whole year, everything else is recycled. They might get more if you sent the money but being able to make things from nothing gives the women who do it self respect while earning them money and it stops crisp packets from going into landfill.