Still here!

[Smellydog]

Nearly 12 months. Been buried in the turf for three months.
Eco wads my Hull. The two on the right.
The next stick to beat us with!!
Eco my arse....

 

[timbrayford]

Nearly 12 months. Been buried in the turf for three months.
Eco wads my Hull. The two on the right.
The next stick to beat us with!!
Eco my arse....View attachment 449294

Hull Eco-wads-banned from Warter Priory shoot apparently!

 

[timbrayford]

Gleaned this from elsewhere on the internet, apparently "biodegradable" is a term primarily used with industrial controlled composting in mind, e.g. at the municipal tip, as opposed to just falling onto farmland, here's an insight into EU standards on this :- https://www.european-bioplastics.or...stances-for-a-compostable-product-to-compost/

 

[timbrayford]

Microplastics and ruminants, no wonder farmers and landowners aren't keen on plastic wads :- https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/4...minants often,and production performance [54].

 

[shakey jake]

Hull Eco-wads-banned from Warter Priory shoot apparently!

not sure if they are the solution to the problem or the problem

 

[Smellydog]

It's a classic example of how compromise, appeasement and politics do not mix!

 

[timbrayford]

not sure if they are the solution to the problem or the problem

I'm not sure whether either the HSE nor the UKREACH gave much thought to micro plastic pollution if any at all?

 

[Donkey Basher]

Hull Eco-wads-banned from Warter Priory shoot apparently!

Well that’s it then, job done.

You can’t use lead so you have to use steel with these bio wads instead.

Oh, hang on the bio wads don’t degrade & leave micro plastics everywhere, you can’t use them any more so no more steel shoot.

What, you mean you can’t shoot any more - oh dear, how sad, never mind.

 

[old 30-06]

Well done Smellydog for raising awareness on this subject. I wonder if my organisation (NGO) will do anything about it, or just ignore it, like they did us when they instigated the "voluntary" ban in the first place.

 

[Smellydog]

Well that’s it then, job done.

You can’t use lead so you have to use steel with these bio wads instead.

Oh, hang on the bio wads don’t degrade & leave micro plastics everywhere, you can’t use them any more so no more steel shoot.

What, you mean you can’t shoot any more - oh dear, how sad, never mind.

Except for the super rich!

 

[shakey jake]

I'm not sure whether either the HSE nor the UKREACH gave much thought to micro plastic pollution if any at all?

they didnt, but do you think a commercial shoot of how ever many thousands of birds give any thought to the environment? or do they want to not be seen as a problem?

 

[Stalker-of-the-deer]

Hull Eco-wads-banned from Warter Priory shoot apparently

That'd also because gamebore throw absolute loads their way with PR, testing etc.

No surprise really.

 

[timbrayford]

they didnt, but do you think a commercial shoot of how ever many thousands of birds give any thought to the environment? or do they want to not be seen as a problem?

That's the problem, the whole thing has got way too political with powerful influencial organisations and individuals determined to force through restrictions on our activities to suit their own ends. Commonsense, proportionality and an overview of the full impacts of any such restrictions don't appear to have been taken into consideration at all.

 

[finnbear270]

Consideration and Shooting ............ how do these two words gel?