A Question about Plastic

[Whoateallthecheese]

Like most other people, I'm trying hard to reduce the amount of plastic we use as a family. Reusable water bottles, no straws, reusable containers in lunch boxes, avoiding cling film etc.
Our council recycles plastic - like food containers, milk bottles, yogurt pots etc, but the question I have is what can you do about all the other plastic that comes into the house, mainly packaging of items in the post, food (eg frozen veg bags) or surrounding other things like toilet rolls, that the council won't take?
I've been putting it in the bin but feel guilty about it and would like a more sustainable solution - most of our waste gets recycled apart from this. Our council does not yet recycle this particular type of plastic and there's no nearby supermarket that I can take it to (I think you can put it in with the carrier bags in some places). So - any solutions? Is there something obvious I'm missing about where this plastic can go, or is it a case of lobbying supermarkets/councils to change their packaging, and changing the way I shop?
TIA for your help.

Isn't there some kind of landfill facility that can deal with it?

Nothing you can really do apart from landfill right now. Just try to make sure you're keeping everything recyclable out. Our local doesn't take dark plastics as their "what's that" machines can't identify and sort them, which is aggravating but what can you do? The alternative is to ship our rubbish to the Philipines to be sorted by hand, and that's horrible in many ways.

Lobbying on changing packaging is definitely worth it - as well as direct letters to the supermarkets, there's a bunch of petitions on that, go sign them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions?q=plastic&state=open

Although I see now that the big one has already been put to parliament last month! Though it's a bit of a wishy-washy "we'll consider the possibility of calling a meeting to identify a committee who may discuss potential plans to...." type affair.

Whoateallthecheese like you we recycle everything we can. With the sort of plastic around toilet rolls etc I keep it all in a carrier then put it in the bag recycling thing at Tesco...

Doh, just re-read your post! Maybe contact your local supermarket and ask them to get one and get involved?

Plastic bags and plastic packaging that's flexible (not film) can be recycled via bins at most large supermarkets.
Hard plastic like crappy toys and plastic film off the tops of supermarket trays and clingfilm - can't get recycled. Well, there's nowhere that does except for from a few industrial processes. Ideally they could be used for energy just like oil and gas.

Thing is, a gram of plastic may save kilos of food from being wasted and generating more emissions, so Government has been trying hard to reduce food waste. Its all horribly complex.

Ecobricks

wasteaid.org/toolkit/how-to-turn-mixed-plastic-waste-and-bottles-into-ecobricks/

Make it into ecobricks! We get through lots of unrecyclable plastic at work and have started doing this. Not perfect but I think probably better than landfill...
www.ecobricks.org/

You can fill 500ml bottles to make eco bricks and use them to make new things and keep the plastic out of landfill. You can either make something yourself or find a local project that will take them.

wasteaid.org/toolkit/how-to-turn-mixed-plastic-waste-and-bottles-into-ecobricks/

Sorry cross posted with pps!

Do you know anyone who goes to supermarket to take your plastic wrapping recyclin