I have just bought 4 pears from Waitrose. They came in a double protective plastic carton with plastic wrapping around it. Wouldn't have done it if it hadn't been £1 all in. HOWEVER while the wrapping description said "not currently recycled" (gah) the trays description said "check local recycling".
This is lazy and ludicrous. I might try phoning my local council to say "I have two Waitrose pear trays. No idea about what plastic they are. Do you recycle them?" I can imagine my local council might quite rightly tell me to FTHO unless of course they have a magically long list in their databases that says Waitrose (tick) pears (tick)
So why aren't supermarkets getting together with councils to check what can be recycled?
I am not buying anything in plastic again. But other people may have to do.