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To be annoyed at Tesco meal deal sandwiches?

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Sweetforthesummer · 13/08/2022 11:45

New to mumsnet so if I get things wrong in this post please excuse me.

Anyway, the other day I got myself and the DC a tesco meal deal for lunch.

I had to get back to doing some jobs so I left the DC to finish their sandwiches.

I came back to check on them about 20 minutes later and found torn paper from the sandwich wrapper all over the kitchen table.

I asked DC1 what on earth was going on and they explained to me that they had to peel off the plastic to recycle the card. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

We cleaned up the card in the end and recycled it but AIBU to think that working, busy people aren't going to go to that much effort to recycle some paper?

Went back to tesco today to get some more and they claim to be fully recyclable on the packaging.

Yeah right! Obviously I'm still going to use them so just a rant really.

OP posts:
JinglingHellsBells · 13/08/2022 14:06

Spohn · 13/08/2022 13:46

Calling people miserable when you’re typing out paragraphs about a non-event from days ago 😄

😂

MsBucket · 13/08/2022 14:05

I think in the past some supermarket sandwich packages were fully recyclable. But in order for food to be packaged properly and not get damaged during delivery as well to make them last longer, they no longer use cardboard packaging.
All the damaged ones would end up on a yellow sticker aisle. And towards the end of the day, the sandwiches would have reduced stickers on them because they’d be expiring. But now they tend to last a day or two or so longer in their current packaging. I used to buy sandwiches in Boots and now I see they too have gone that route so I just make my own sandwiches from now on, it’s also more cost effective as well.

JinglingHellsBells · 13/08/2022 14:05

Why don't you make a sandwich is this is causing you so much angst?

JinglingHellsBells · 13/08/2022 14:04

Oh good heavens!

Or rather WTF!

Is this worth posting about?

There is a lot of packaging that is a combo of cardboard (recycle) and cling film type plastic.

It takes what, 20 seconds at the most to whip the plastic off the cardboard?

BUT I'd query whether the plastic is not recyclable.

SunnyD44 · 13/08/2022 14:01

In future just make your own packed lunch.

Re-using is always better than recycling as recycling still uses machines etc to run.

If you have a lunch box you can just wash it out and keep re-using them.

It’s cheaper and better for the environment and it means less faff trying to recycle the tesco sandwich packets.

Tontostitis · 13/08/2022 13:56

Recycling misses the point if you care cut your usage.

NinaBalatka · 13/08/2022 13:47

Sally090807 · 13/08/2022 12:27

This

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Yes, this.

Make your own sandwiches if you don't want them to come wrapped in plastic/cardboard.

Spohn · 13/08/2022 13:46

Calling people miserable when you’re typing out paragraphs about a non-event from days ago 😄

misssunshine4040 · 13/08/2022 13:38

sanityisamyth · 13/08/2022 12:18

It's very easy to peel the plastic away from the card. I don't understand the problem? The PP who commented not to bother and just to put it in the bin makes me feel that the whole climate change issue is a lost battle when large companies have made an effort to make their packaging more sustainable and people still put it in the landfill.

It's large companies that are the problem!
Nothing is little people do will make any difference when the huge corporations are filling the seas and landfills.
But whatever makes people feel like they are doing something.
OP I can't believe you gave this more than a passing thought never mind got so irate about it to post.

Crumpleton · 13/08/2022 13:35

One of the best ways to prevent over use of plastic is to look for an alternative, which a good few items have.

Quackpot · 13/08/2022 13:31

Well done to your kids

NellesVilla · 13/08/2022 13:26

I recycle where I can but I can’t really be bothered to be honest. I’m certainly not spending time faffing about separating things.

I had a vegan pizza the other day and it said- one thing not recyclable, one thing was, then one thing was but you had to put in a supermarket bin or something. Err nobody got time for that!!

So I don’t make a big effort, admittedly. But I don’t have children and haven’t flown for over a decade so I feel my carbon footprint is much smaller than many anyway.

kierenthecommunity · 13/08/2022 13:26

By the time you went to tesco and bought meal deal you probably could have made sandwiches at home, fresh, for about a tenth of the cost!! And nothing to recycle!!

unless she’s made her own bread with flour from her own mill, churned her own butter using milk from the cow in the garden and slaughtered a pig herself, there will be some recycling 😃

stitchinguru · 13/08/2022 13:25

More of an issue for me is the crap quality of the fillings in the meal deal sandwiches.
Cleverly marketed to look like a bargain, but definitely a false economy.

redbigbananafeet · 13/08/2022 13:25

Maybe stop buying sandwiches wrapped in cardboard and plastic then. 2 days in a row. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Clarabella77 · 13/08/2022 13:20

This may feel harsh but it is better to try to avoid consuming products that rely on plastic packaging in the first place. I am not certain even half the stuff we recycle gets adequately recycled.

Sleepyafternoonsinthesun · 13/08/2022 13:18

MargotMoon · 13/08/2022 11:59

I don't think we're supposed to recycle packaging that's been in contact with food, are we? So the supermarkets can put what they like on the box, it's mostly designed to make everyone feel like they are making a difference as far as I can tell

What do you put in your recycling then?Confused

MzHz · 13/08/2022 13:17

DancingBeanstalk · 13/08/2022 11:48

How is this even an issue? Who cares?

I’m ill and jetlagged but I immediately thought this

why is this even a thread?

and yes I’ll be hiding it now because it’s a total waste of time.

PriamFarrl · 13/08/2022 13:17

gotelltheoldmandowntheroad · 13/08/2022 13:11

I doubt much of what we put in recycling even gets recycled.

Where I used to work nobody took lids off bottles and milk cartons, and they can't be recycled then, nor dirty stuff, and it was all dirty. It probably gets dumped most of the time.

I do recycle but I won't go out of my way like that.

Where I am you leave the lids on bottles and they can’t recycle the lids on their own but they can when they are on bottles.

ClottedCreamAndStrawberries · 13/08/2022 13:14

😆

gotelltheoldmandowntheroad · 13/08/2022 13:11

I doubt much of what we put in recycling even gets recycled.

Where I used to work nobody took lids off bottles and milk cartons, and they can't be recycled then, nor dirty stuff, and it was all dirty. It probably gets dumped most of the time.

I do recycle but I won't go out of my way like that.

Crinkle77 · 13/08/2022 13:11

DancingBeanstalk · 13/08/2022 11:48

How is this even an issue? Who cares?

Yes this.

SO224350 · 13/08/2022 13:08

Tesco recycle all soft plastics now. I put mine in a pedal bin bag and once a month drop the bag in the cage on the way in

www.tescoplc.com/news/2021/shoppers-can-now-return-all-their-soft-plastic-packaging-to-recycling-points-at-every-large-tesco-store-in-the-uk/

stuntbubbles · 13/08/2022 13:08

Went back to tesco today to get some more and they claim to be fully recyclable on the packaging.

Yeah right! Obviously I'm still going to use them
This is the bit where you’re BU, OP. Your rant is justified – recycling should be easier and clearer and unified across the country. But once you find something that isn’t, and that annoys you, surely the answer is to stop buying it?

VladmirsPoutine · 13/08/2022 13:05

I came back to check on them about 20 minutes later and found torn paper from the sandwich wrapper all over the kitchen table.

It's the suspense building for me Grin

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