Recycling
Sainsbury's 'Bag for Life'In Victorian times there was very little packaging. Most of what was used was recycled. For instance, glass drink bottles were taken back to the shopkeeper in exchange for a small coin. They were then taken back to the bottle factory to be washed and reused. Since the 1950s we have used much more packaging. A great deal of this is made out of plastics which do not rot when buried. Plastics are made out of oil which is a resource that will one day run out.
This picture shows a customer carrying a Sainsbury’s ‘Bag for Life’. These bags can be bought in the stores and are reusable. When they wear out, the store will replace them free of charge. Sainsbury’s disposable carrier bags are thinner than in the past so they use less plastic. They are made partly out of recycled plastic and chalk. The company is also packaging some products in new types of plastic which do rot . Other products are packaged in cardboard or glass which can be recycled.
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