Plasticity

Carol O’Callaghan stands up for paper, cardboard and plastic and reveals how they can inject a little elan into autumn interiors.

DOES your developing ecoconscience make you think twice about buying products using paper, card and plastic these days? You know the sort of thing: excess packaging on fruit and vegetables, plastic bags from the dry cleaners, and endless cardboard around new appliances?

There are times, however, when we need to err on the side of convenience and disposability. Let’s face it, we get tired and stressed and the easy way out is sometimes a necessary option.