"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 16:49:09 -0000, "Bill Davy"
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Chris Hogg wrote:
What are they made of? Does it say on them? Some bags
these days are being made from potato starch
Some of the degradeable bags (tesco? maybe they've changed again since
the charges?) degrade in oxygen, so burying might not be the best idea
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The bag says:

"The wrapper containing your magazines is 100%
recyclable - please treat this as you would a supermarket
carrier bag or similar plastic and recycle it.

If your recycling collection service does not accept these
plastics you can drop them off in the recycling bins at most
large supermarkets, along with plastic shopping bags."

In addition to which text there is the three twisted arrow symbol, in
outline, sitting on its base, with no number inside or other marking.

As the bag is to wrap paper (part of the Guardian), I do not think it would
need to cope well with water. It feels/sounds very smooth and slippery and
does not feel like the starch based polymer I have felt which tends to be a
bit more papery.

It sounds just like any other plastic bag. 'Recyclable' sounds as
though it's just that: it can be shredded, washed, heated, extruded
into pellets and made into more plastic bags or whatever. It does not
sound as though 'recyclable' mean 'compostable'. If it had the notice
on it as per Andy's picture, then it should be compostable, but
otherwise not, and if you bury it in the garden, it'll be there for at
least the next sixty years, as I found out when I came to dig over my
late mother's garden, laid out sixty years ago!

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Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall, looking E, Sheltered and partially shaded by
trees to the W and SW

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Looks as if the Guardian is vacillating. Have seen the starch based bags,
so was puzzled by this "reversion".

I thought the recycling bins (as in car parks, supermarkets) did not accept
film of any kind? I also thought they did not accept "black plastic" as in
the cheap flower pots in which plants are sold. Fortunately our local and
wonderful nursery will, if you ask nicely.