It's been bothering me for a number of years now - ear-buds. They used to be made of rolled paper with little cotton buds on the ends. Somewhere along the way, they replaced the little rolled paper stick with a little plastic stick. I've been looking for the old rolled paper version for a while now and just the other day in the supermarket, I found them! Exactly like they used to be! They even bend if you push them too hard - some may see that as a product fault, however, if you are pushing hard enough to bend the little stick, are you on the verge of damaging your ear?I'd kept the nice hard plastic box from the last lot with the plastic sticks, so I was able to recycle most of the packaging and store the new fully biodegradable earbuds in the plastic box. I might even decorate it - make it look a bit more homemade and less modern world. Keep an ear out for these great new/old ear-buds in your local supermarket - if you don't go there, it's almost worth the trip!
