It was dinner time. I reached for my phone and swiped to the JustEat app. I had received some good news that day so naturally a takeaway was in order. Soon a delivery man showed up at my front door with a warm and bulky plastic bag hanging from his fingertips.
There's no denying the meal was delicious and its direct delivery amazingly convenient. But when I went to clear up the small mountain of rubbish that was left behind my self-indulgent high was replaced by another niggling feeling.
In an attempt to be more "environmentally friendly" I had sanctimoniously unticked the box requesting plastic cutlery on the app. But my order had still been packaged in polystyrene and plastic containers and bags which were now strewn over my kitchen counter.
