{"id":36334,"date":"2019-03-26T13:44:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=36334"},"modified":"2019-03-26T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:44:36","slug":"27-year-old-ghostbusters-crisp-packet-is-terrifying-vision-of-plastic-pollution-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/26\/27-year-old-ghostbusters-crisp-packet-is-terrifying-vision-of-plastic-pollution-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"27-year-old Ghostbusters crisp packet is &#039;terrifying&#039; vision of plastic pollution legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_36322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36322\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36322\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-770x490.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-500x318.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-293x187.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36322\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-770x490.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-500x318.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/33578543198_60fcf2df96_b-293x187.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript> Ghost Busters crisp packet from 1992 found in the woodland, in near-perfect condition. Credit: Cardiff Rivers Group.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA 27-year-old crisp packet has been found by litter pickers, offering a frightening illustration of the legacy communities face following decades of plastic pollution.<br \/>\nThe packet in question \u2013 a &#8216;Terrifying Tomato&#8217; flavoured bag of The Real Ghostbusters &#8211; has a Best Before date of October 24, 1992.<br \/>\nThis plastic ghost from the past, made by Sooner Snacks, was found at Cath Cobb woodland in St Melons on Friday by <a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/26\/volunteers-in-big-push-to-spring-clean-cardiff\/\">volunteers of the scheme Spring Clean Cymru.<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cIt looked brand new \u2013 we need to get these sort of things out so that the wildlife can flourish,\u201d said Louise Tambini, 45, a volunteer from Cardiff Rivers Group.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36404\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-36404\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n.jpg 519w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n-500x514.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n-293x301.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36404\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n.jpg 519w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n-500x514.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/1013344_985368964875512_4894478759615054078_n-293x301.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/noscript> Geraint Ashcroft<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCrisp packets can take up to 80 years to decompose.<br \/>\nThey were not recyclable in any way until last year, when a high-profile petition against crisp giant Walkers led to a solution being popularised.<br \/>\nCampaigners in their thousands posted empty crisp packets back to manufacturer Walkers to protest the fact the firm was doing nothing to deal with the specific recycling issue it creates.<br \/>\nThe petition against Walkers, which earned 333,274 signatures, was started by Geraint Ashcroft, 61, from Pontypridd.<br \/>\nMr Ashcroft said: &#8220;I was moving stuff out and was trying to find out what could be recycled and low and behold, I found out that you couldn\u2019t recycle crisps.<br \/>\n&#8220;I started the petition and after four or five months it really picked up. We targeted Walker because they&#8217;re the biggest.&#8221;<br \/>\nWalkers Crisps make 11 million packets of crisps a day.<br \/>\nMr Ashcroft said: &#8220;It\u2019s not just crisp packets either, we found a pack of Minstrels from the &#8217;70s and you could still read it.<br \/>\n&#8220;When you consider how many crisps are eaten every day, it\u2019s not enough. Just 1% of people can be bothered to actually recycle them \u2013 there\u2019s nowhere near enough drop off bins.<br \/>\n&#8220;We really need to get to get to the word out there more and more. We need packets to have biodegradable packing and we need them to be compostable.&#8221;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36337\" style=\"width: 689px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-36337\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36337\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/46535265875_60e21f7a85_h-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/noscript> Credit: Cardiff Rivers Group<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSince Mr Ashcroft&#8217;s petition, Walkers now works with recycling firm Terracycle to offer a solution, though Terracycle recycles all brands of crisp packet, not just Walkers.<br \/>\nTerraCycle offers a recycling scheme in Wales where people can drop-off their packets at public locations.<br \/>\nThe drop-off points can be found on an interactive map <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/viewer?mid=1wtZ6QyNyr05ApVFeMFuKC_dq7dajX-4g&amp;ll=54.26060313584826%2C-2.799118443147563&amp;z=6\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nTerracycle said: \u201cCurrently 879,440 crisp packets have been recycled in the UK.<br \/>\n\u201cThirty years ago there was no way to recycle crisp packets. Now this free national programme means people can drop off their packets and all the money goes to non-profit organisations and charities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 27-year-old crisp packet has been found by litter pickers, offering a frightening illustration of the legacy communities face following decades of plastic pollution. The packet in question \u2013 a &#8216;Terrifying Tomato&#8217; flavoured bag of The Real Ghostbusters &#8211; has a Best Before date of October 24, 1992. This plastic ghost from the past, made by Sooner Snacks, was found at Cath Cobb woodland in St Melons on Friday by volunteers of the scheme Spring Clean Cymru. \u201cIt looked brand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":36339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[6675,165,6676,1009,6677,6678],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-36334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-crisps","tag-environment","tag-ghostbusters","tag-recycling","tag-terracycle","tag-walkers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>27-year-old Ghostbusters crisp packet is &#039;terrifying&#039; vision of plastic pollution legacy - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/26\/27-year-old-ghostbusters-crisp-packet-is-terrifying-vision-of-plastic-pollution-legacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"27-year-old Ghostbusters crisp packet is &#039;terrifying&#039; vision of plastic pollution legacy - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 27-year-old crisp packet has been found by litter pickers, offering a frightening illustration of the legacy communities face following decades of plastic pollution. 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