Just shown on the local news here in the East, Alastair Campbell and Ed Balls arriving at Carrow Road for the match yesterday on a tandem.

Looking at their clothing (especially Balls) they could have only cycled from Morrisons which adjoins Carrow Road.
Absolute tokenism!

I thought the whole concept of Green Football Day was a complete waste of time.

Utter sham.

Like everything else that involves a politician, an ex-politician, and Alastair Campbell.

Winds me up.

If Sky wanted to make a difference, use your influence to make public transport available for all fans to travel to games.

Probably 15k cars drove to Carrow rd on Saturday.

When you've got Nottingham Forest flying to a game at Blackpool I think it's obvious nobody in football is too concerned.

reminds me of the 'please drink responsibly' messages on cans of spesh.

My last green purchase was a hot bin composter.
Friend told me about them.
Not cheap, but you put all excess food and greens from the garden.

It simply eats waste and turns it into compost so quickly. All out waste food for 12 months was eaten by it.

None went to land fill.

International class wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:58 pm

I thought the whole concept of Green Football Day was a complete waste of time.

Now comes the bit where you are supposed to suggest a practical alternative.

Standard virtue signalling tripe. If they genuinely wanted a green weekend why were we not all travelling to our local derbies?
Us at Norwich, Bristol at Preston,
Cardiff at Hull, Sunderland at Millwall, that's just our division. The Prem saw London clubs on Merseyside, in Manchester and in the Northeast. What a load of guff!

Caballo wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:17 pm

Standard virtue signalling tripe. If they genuinely wanted a green weekend why were we not all travelling to our local derbies?
Us at Norwich, Bristol at Preston,
Cardiff at Hull, Sunderland at Millwall, that's just our division. The Prem saw London clubs on Merseyside, in Manchester and in the Northeast. What a load of guff!

Having a week where it's all local derbies would be a great way to encourage use of public transport and active travel IF fans could be trusted to behave themselves. But they can't so it won't happen because of safety/policing concerns.

"Green Football Weekend raises awkward questions about the game’s readiness to start taking genuinely ambitious action"

I'm sure some will be uneasy sharing an opinion on virtue signaling and tokensim with the Gaurdian.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ate-crisis

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:10 pm

My last green purchase was a hot bin composter.
Friend told me about them.
Not cheap, but you put all excess food and greens from the garden.

It simply eats waste and turns it into compost so quickly. All out waste food for 12 months was eaten by it.

None went to land fill.

Commendable, but I’m not sure stuff that degrades to compost is a major environmental concern, but you got some top notch compost so alls good

Campbell could find a cure for cancer tomorrow, but all our little closet tories would still be queueing up for a little snipe at him on here.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:19 pm

Campbell could find a cure for cancer tomorrow, but all our little closet tories would still be queueing up for a little snipe at him on here.

I’m sure you are right. However, they have a point we need more than virtue signalling.

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:00 pm

Commendable, but I’m not sure stuff that degrades to compost is a major environmental concern, but you got some top notch compost so alls good

And in that post that’s all that’s wrong with the world.

Elwa does not think he needs to his bit, and many others don’t as well.

That s why we don’t make progress on these issues.

It’s everyone’s else’s problem

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:31 pm

And in that post that’s all that’s wrong with the world.

Elwa does not think he needs to his bit, and many others don’t as well.

That s why we don’t make progress on these issues.

It’s everyone’s else’s problem

Extremely presumptuous of you, Lowbank. Quite contrary I use the car about 3 times a week, 1. Going to Uni, 2. Getting the shopping for us and my elderly parents/disabled sister and 3. Taking the dogs for a change of scene Once a week.

That comment was below you in my experience of your posts.

It was funny watching them talk about it at noon with the floodlights on.

Acting Claret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:37 pm

It was funny watching them talk about it at noon with the floodlights on.

I can't believe they want to change society but have the audacity and hypocrisy to take part in it.

How many clubs decided to travel by coach instead of flying? How many actually changed their behaviour for one weekend? Precious few, I'll bet.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:19 pm

Campbell could find a cure for cancer tomorrow, but all our little closet tories would still be queueing up for a little snipe at him on here.

It was Labour supporters he let down with his BS. Did huge damage to the party by making fools out of the ones that believed him.

Alistair needs to fill his time after losing his tv gig . Gossip site “ popbitch “ reported it as “inappropriate texting young staff and crew members “ He was actually a damn good henchman for Blair though a total and utter shameless charlatan in his post political career .

Such vitriol about a mostly none-event that had no impact on anyone. Some people on here just love getting all het up about nothing. Might as well rant at the clouds.

AlargeClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:03 am

Alistair needs to fill his time after losing his tv gig . Gossip site “ popbitch “ reported it as “inappropriate texting young staff and crew members “ He was actually a damn good henchman for Blair though a total and utter shameless charlatan in his post political career .

Tried, condemned and sentenced by the "" Gossip site popbitch""

Yep, that's about the level of it.

The point about the Green weekend as I understand it it was not that you change everything but that you do something. Give it some thought as to what you can practically do.

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:00 pm

Commendable, but I’m not sure stuff that degrades to compost is a major environmental concern, but you got some top notch compost so alls good

Composting contributes to global warming by producing carbon dioxide, but composting actually reduces the amount of greenhouse gases the waste would otherwise produce.

By composting organic waste, we can help break down waste instead of letting it fill up and mummify in landfills. Organic waste in a landfill will undergo anaerobic fermentation, which releases a lot of methane into the atmosphere.

https://sustainabilitynook.com/what-gas ... t-release/

Hipper wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:15 am

Composting contributes to global warming by producing carbon dioxide, but composting actually reduces the amount of greenhouse gases the waste would otherwise produce.

By composting organic waste, we can help break down waste instead of letting it fill up and mummify in landfills. Organic waste in a landfill will undergo anaerobic fermentation, which releases a lot of methane into the atmosphere.

https://sustainabilitynook.com/what-gas ... t-release/

So we're damned if we do and damned if we don't, to quote Bart Simpson.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:24 am

So we're damned if we do and damned if we don't, to quote Bart Simpson.

I think we are less dammed if we compost, or put the material in green bins to be composted if you have that facility.

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:10 pm

My last green purchase was a hot bin composter.
Friend told me about them.
Not cheap, but you put all excess food and greens from the garden.

It simply eats waste and turns it into compost so quickly. All out waste food for 12 months was eaten by it.

None went to land fill.

Is it a pain to use? Id certainly consider one for Darth towers.

Apparently you can even chuck compostable plastic stuff in these.

Out of interest have you done?

How much plastic waste is there after a typical home game with all the pints and bene served in them?

jrgbfc wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:49 pm

How much plastic waste is there after a typical home game with all the pints and bene served in them?

Probably about 14 plastic cups if the speed of service is anything to go by.

Hipper wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:31 pm

I think we are less dammed if we compost, or put the material in green bins to be composted if you have that facility.

"Less Damned" is still Damned.

But we are all sinners, as is my understanding of it.

Darthlaw wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:37 pm

Is it a pain to use? Id certainly consider one for Darth towers.

Apparently you can even chuck compostable plastic stuff in these.

Out of interest have you done?

We have put most things in you would expect.
Cooked food stuffs even meat.
All the peelings and stuff you cut off before cooking.
About 20 tomatoes plants from the green house at the end of the summer.

When we put the tomatoe plants in it was full to the top and 5 days later it was under half full.

We have had it a year and it’s only half full as it reduces stuff down so quickly. And all our household waste has gone in it.

Yes I have put recycling plastic in, not much of it but it has gone.

You can put shredded paper in, we bought a shredder and it broke first time we used it and not replaced it as yet.

It’s says you can put cardboard in as well. Which I have not tried.

There is a fluid drain which you can open that gives you a plant feed in concentrated form.

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:36 pm

Extremely presumptuous of you, Lowbank. Quite contrary I use the car about 3 times a week, 1. Going to Uni, 2. Getting the shopping for us and my elderly parents/disabled sister and 3. Taking the dogs for a change of scene Once a week.

That comment was below you in my experience of your posts.

Apologies, far too presumptuous