a life of tin foil

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Permalink Reply by Diane Stafford on July 7, 2008 at 1:09pm

gosh Karen £1.50! Is this something you will be doing regularly & do I need to be saving my tin foil for you? :-) x

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Permalink Reply by Roberta Rose on January 5, 2009 at 2:41pm

Diane Stafford said:

gosh Karen £1.50! Is this something you will be doing regularly & do I need to be saving my tin foil for you? :-) x

Scrunch your tin foil up and use it to clean pans with burnt food on the bottom. (for those of us who have cheap pans hmm). Works brilliantly too!

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Permalink Reply by Roberta Rose on January 19, 2009 at 6:12pm

i did same locally here. Got a massive 75p and some chuckles oh and almost got a date! Nice guy hmmm

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Permalink Reply by Karen on February 17, 2009 at 2:26pm

You can actually buy recycled tin foil here in the UK and US but for food wrapping it mustn't be used for things like tomatoes,rhubarb and many softs fruits which are high acid as the alluminium leaches in and makes it taste tainted or bad. I should also imagine that if it can leach into foods then we would be eating it. YUK!
However so far it seems the best alternative to cling film which is a non-reusable product going straight into landfill.

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Permalink Reply by Juliette Faithful on February 17, 2009 at 2:35pm

I was recently trying to wrap everything in greaseproof paper until I recently read that it is coated with chemicals like teflon and chrome containing quilon. It is therefore non-recyclable which in itself was an almost impossible task as you could not remove any food residues. Even waxed paper which again I thought might be environmentally friendly , is coated with a formaldehyde-based resin. Formaldehyde is very toxic in the environment. So do not be tempted to put greaseprof or waxed paper into your compost bin.

So what does anyone else use for storage of food in the fridge/freezer?

I have a selection of Plastic tubs with lds bought many years ago.....yes PLASTIC urgh. Need to check out what's happening there then eh?

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Permalink Reply by Juliette Faithful on February 17, 2009 at 2:47pm

Found this on Polyvinylchloride which cling film is made of
Greenpeace.org website
The list of uses for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is endless because it is one of the most widely used plastics.
It is found in a wide range of consumer products such as packaging, cling film, bottles, credit cards, audio records and imitation leather as well as construction materials such as window frames, cables, pipes, flooring, wallpaper and window blinds. It is also used by manufacturers for car interiors and in hospitals as medical disposables.

However, the production of PVC creates and releases one of the most toxic chemicals - dioxin.

Read more at greenpeace.org

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