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#3219641 17-Apr-2024 18:58

Why do tomato sauce bottles not have a recycling mark on them? What are they made out of? Do category 1 & 2 plastics degrade when filled with tomato sauce?

Sorry, that's three questions...

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#3219644 17-Apr-2024 19:09

What type of bottle? The common clear plastic one has its number at the top under the cap.

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#3219657 17-Apr-2024 20:37

Bung: What type of bottle? The common clear plastic one has its number at the top under the cap.

Yes but the cap is white plastic and under the recycling "rules" of my local council, caps must be removed and not included in recycling. The bottle itself is clear plastic with no recycling number.

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#3219658 17-Apr-2024 20:41

allan:

...under the recycling "rules" of my local council...

There are no more local council rules, there are now only national rules. Which is why we can no longer recycle any plastic except types 1, 2, and 5.

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#3219662 17-Apr-2024 20:48

Why do women ask inane questions like "Where are you going?" and "What are you doing with that?".

Why do men invest inordinate amounts of time and energy into projects and then totally lose interest once they're 90% complete?

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#3219684 17-Apr-2024 23:34

allan:
Bung: What type of bottle? The common clear plastic one has its number at the top under the cap.

Yes but the cap is white plastic and under the recycling "rules" of my local council, caps must be removed and not included in recycling. The bottle itself is clear plastic with no recycling number.

I know the white cap goes in the rubbish. The Heinz/Watties bottles we have here have a 1 triangle on the shoulder beside the screw thread, visible after you take the top off..

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#3219690 18-Apr-2024 07:32

Ads for pharmaceutical companies implore us to "Ask your doctor for <brand name>."

Does anyone actually go to their GP, get told "You've got <scientific name of horrific sounding condition utterly meaningless to a lay-person>" and reply "Oh dear, thanks doc, can you please prescribe me some <brand name> for that."

Thanks for explaining "plethora".

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#3219694 18-Apr-2024 08:26

floydbloke:

Ads for pharmaceutical companies implore us to "Ask your doctor for <brand name>."

Does anyone actually go to their GP, get told "You've got <scientific name of horrific sounding condition utterly meaningless to a lay-person>" and reply "Oh dear, thanks doc, can you please prescribe me some <brand name> for that."

There are only two countries world-wide that allow ads on TV for prescription-only pharmaceuticals - US and NZ.

In the US in the ad-breaks around evening news peak-time TV on the three main networks, about 75% of the ads are for these medications. Some of the ailments for which they're advertising treatments are really obscure and must have low proportions of sufferers - but I guess the profit margins make the expensive peak-time ads worthwhile.

All of these US ads outline the problem then say "Ask your doctor if XXX is right for you" - then reel off a fast-talk long list of side-effects disclosures. I'm not kidding, the time it takes to make the disclosures is often longer than the first part of the ad. We've heard lists that literally say: "Side-effects may include this, that, something else, ..... , loss of sight, paralysis or death".

There are moves afoot to make advertising of prescription-only meds illegal in NZ.

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#3219699 18-Apr-2024 08:50

floydbloke:

Ads for pharmaceutical companies implore us to "Ask your doctor for <brand name>."

Does anyone actually go to their GP, get told "You've got <scientific name of horrific sounding condition utterly meaningless to a lay-person>" and reply "Oh dear, thanks doc, can you please prescribe me some <brand name> for that."

A better response to your question than my earlier post:

Yes, it seems that conversation (or something similar) happens frequently and it's causing lots of problems. See this story and another one.

There's a lot of stuff on NZ websites about this.

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#3219703 18-Apr-2024 09:18

floydbloke:

Ads for pharmaceutical companies implore us to "Ask your doctor for <brand name>."

Does anyone actually go to their GP, get told "You've got <scientific name of horrific sounding condition utterly meaningless to a lay-person>" and reply "Oh dear, thanks doc, can you please prescribe me some <brand name> for that."

Are you sure its presecription medicines? For prescription medicines Pharmac decide which brand you are prescribed via their exclusive tender process. Once a tender is awarded that is the only brand dispensed in NZ until the tender is renewed.

Or perhaps its for a medicine that Pharmac don't fund?

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#3219709 18-Apr-2024 09:30

Why was my introduction post deemed to not be meaningful?

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#3219722 18-Apr-2024 10:07

OhNo:

Why was my introduction post deemed to not be meaningful?

If your title doesn't contain at least three words, it can't be meaningful.

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#3219776 18-Apr-2024 10:20

Rikkitic:

OhNo:

Why was my introduction post deemed to not be meaningful?

If your title doesn't contain at least three words, it can't be meaningful.

Thank you. Ive made a more meaningful post. New user you know what its like lol. :)

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#3219781 18-Apr-2024 10:32

floydbloke:

Ads for pharmaceutical companies implore us to "Ask your doctor for <brand name>."

Does anyone actually go to their GP, get told "You've got <scientific name of horrific sounding condition utterly meaningless to a lay-person>" and reply "Oh dear, thanks doc, can you please prescribe me some <brand name> for that."

Yes, they do. And they don't listen to the GP about why that is not going to help them.

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#3219847 18-Apr-2024 11:40

cddt:

allan:

...under the recycling "rules" of my local council...

There are no more local council rules, there are now only national rules. Which is why we can no longer recycle any plastic except types 1, 2, and 5.

Absolutely hate that Auckland used to be able to recycle more numbers previously and now can only recycle less. Makes no sense for your largest city to be restricted. Suppose I should put this in the "things that annoy you" thread.

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