Ahhh!
Now that's testing my memory - it was in the Newspaper here some
months ago, about a local teenatger on the northwest coast of Tassie
who mounted a campaign to change the design of the rings, and the
local Tassie Milk Company, Betta Milk was to take it up. I noticed a
couple of days ago, as I removed a ring, that it split at a designed
"weak spot" as it came away.
I shall see if I can track down some further details.
John TOngue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 20/11/2008, at 11:18 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
Does anyone have any details about the Tasmanian campaign for safe
rings, and the person who ran it?
Peter Shute
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From: Fiona Anderson
Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:40 AM
To: Peter Shute; Birding Aus
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Bird with Red bottletop around beak/head
identified
I do likewise and agree it is a pain to have togo and get the
scissors. If cap design can be done in Tasmania, why not in the rest
of the country. It would be a great step forwards.
Fiona
From:
To: ;
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:30:21 +1100
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Bird with Red bottletop around beak/head
identified
wrote on Wednesday, 19 November
2008 10:13 PM:
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Peter Shute <> wrote:
I wonder if it would be possible to try to photograph this bird and
send a photo to the relevent manufacturer, if they can be
identified.
If the bottle cap ring is red plastic, it's probably
Coca-cola. No change of getting them to change colours, but
maybe they would change the cap design?
Some milk bottles also have a red ring, but much bigger, of course.
I'm wondering where the most likely place is for birds to find
these rings. Discarded on the street, or at tips?
I've been cutting all mine, on the assumption that my rubbish will
be rumaged through at the tip by seagulls, ibis and pelicans. I'd
appreciate it if they at least put a little nick in them so I can
break them by hand without having to find scissors.
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