Here is an opinion piece about pasta and plastic packaging by Jorge Salvatore-Perez
Imagine if you’re about to have your break after many hours of working hard and you’re tired, one way of getting your energy right back up is if you eat a well-deserved meal from Sainsbury’s, Tesco, etc. However, you notice that a plastic fork that doesn’t come with what you want so what do you do if you’re tired of eating sandwiches or food from home that loses its freshness and gets cold? You then have to settle for something that you don’t really want.
This is something that has happened to me especially when I’ve gone to Sainsbury’s in a race against time to get to my lesson in time, there have been times when I’ve come late since I have had to look for alternatives for lunch since I haven’t found what I wanted.
I’m not the only one that has reacted negatively to this as there many other negative reactions towards this situation.
Here is link to the actual post on Twitter.
Here are few more images. As you can see other peopl agree! Read more in this article by the metro.
When they do have forks for Pasta pots which is something that I tend to buy for lunch a lot from Tesco, they tend to have plastic on top of the smaller pots under a great amount of sticky paper which is like trying to get something small under a whole load of super glue which isn’t good for the environment and it isn’t good for when you’re eating your pasta since it can be a hassle to get your plastic fork out not only that, it would be annoying when your fingers get stuck on the plastic pot whilst you’re trying to enjoy your delicious snack.
Yet the large meals that tend to have a fork, have it inside in small plastic bag with the food that you will potentially eat. Making your fingers dirty and sticky whilst you’re trying to open it.
Another thing that stores should consider doing is having a small bag of grated cheese whether it comes with plastic lunch pots or sold individually they should have this as a selection for those who want it with their scrumptious wrap or their delicious pasta.
It seems like a slap in the face for us since we never really appreciated the fork that came with our lunch but since we want to enjoy our lunch and help the environment at the same time there are alternatives that can be made which is have a wooden fork either alongside the pots or be sold on its own for 5p. The pot can be made from other type of recycled material for e.g., the sticker that contains the plastic fork it should be made from paper so that it doesn’t get stuck on our fingers and most importantly doesn’t affect the environment.
Asda have removed forks from its salads and protein bowls, this move will result in the removal of over 24.5 million plastic forks, which will equivalent of 41 tonnes of plastic, the equivalent weight of around 55 cows!
Yet having plastic isn’t too bad since it’s able to be recycled. We all want to have any form of cutlery whilst we eat our lunch but what is more important is the environment so I would like to see is a wooden fork with our favourite lunches.
by Jorge Salvatore-Perez
