'As millions of bottles wash up onto our beaches, it becomes so painfully obvious that the consumer has no real demand for plastic bottles.' Photo: Ishan @seefromthesky / Unsplash.

Inflexible plastic: Lucy Hurst on our reliance on food packaging

‘The foods I enjoy are so convenient to me that I forget they are a luxury.’

Inflexible plastic: Lucy Hurst on our reliance on food packaging

by Lucy Hurst 6th December 2019

If you’ve ever considered trying to buy more ethically, or spent any time looking into single-use plastics, you’d be right to realise it’s an environmental nightmare. I recently found myself in the milk aisle, wondering about the most ethical choice. I told myself that, today, I didn’t want to think about it. I bought my milk, and made my way home.