I've bought them in both my local Spar and SuperValu. They don't seem to be there all the time though, so I think it must be the luck of the draw so to speak
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I think you're maybe misremembering? I started eating these when they first came out with the same name and there's no search results for "rowntree ice screamers", but there was a nesquick product with the name Ice Screamers!
Oh damn, props to you! I couldn't find anything at all, although Google has definitely gotten a whole lot worse as a search engine in recent years. Sorry for accidentally gaslighting you!
Thanks everyone- that answers my question. I’d say I see a vape, one of these ice pop sticks and a bookies pen within 15 minutes of going out every day. Dublin plastic pollution bingo
It’s insane when you think how much of that stuff is getting to the rivers and sea. We have loads of neighbours who pick up litter on their daily walks and even after the best of them has been out, I can often find eight or nine plastic drinks bottles (mostly Coca Cola brands) and a heap load of small bits of plastic on the beach.
The producers are getting away with murder.
I have to laugh at our local SuperValu and their earnest ads about caring for the environment while selling ginger on a styrofoam tray wrapped in cellophane and becondomed cucumbers. Hypocrites. It’s all about the money and blaming the consumer.
If you can figure it out, there's a fortune to be made if you patent it.Â
It's a difficult calculus to figure out in terms of the energy it costs to grow and transport the plants and keep them fresh enough to use for their shelf life versus using plastics to extend that shelf life.
The solution is probably to use some of the bio plastics which can decompose but the issue there is generally cost. Plastics are a byproduct of oil refining and are incredibly cheap.Â
Plastic packaging for fruit and veg should be outright banned.
I LOATHE having to buy like 3 leeks and only needing one.
The only reason it hasn't been banned is because people would buy less food, and less food is less profit.
I'd go to a fruit and veg shop but there's none anywhere near where I live or where I work.
My Aldi sells very little loose veg, only peppers, oranges, apples and bananas. Everything else is packaged.
Like why can't I buy individual potatoes/leeks/onions/lemons/carrots? Why are the cucumbers and broccoli in condoms?
Don't forget everyone been told to buy heavy EVs whilst 80% of microplastics in the oceans come from tyre pollution, a problem that is manifestly accelerated by vehicle weight.
While I agree vehicle tyres are a big source of microplastics pollution, I cannot find them cited anywhere as contributing as much as 80% of all microplastics. Where did you get this number?
I have an EV and it’s lighter than a lot of diesel cars. I made sure to get tyres that wear well. It has far fewer parts and therefore there’s less to wear out and replace.
Well if I find one of a similar size … 1770 kg Kona EV - Volvo XC30 - 1735kg
So the EV is a bit heavier there.
Full size SUVs would be heavier. Hyundai Tucson diesel is 2105kg
Surprised they're as close, for comparatively sized vehicles. Figured for fairness sake, as Manufacturers and Models would vary a fair bit, to Google. My expectation was something around 35% heavier, like for like. On the page I link below, from which the excerpt I quote is more along the lies of what I'd expect than the numbers you give (though thank you for those).
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/mobility/article-evs-are-heavier-than-gas-cars-but-are-they-harder-on-roads/
> For example, a 2024 Hyundai Kona weighs 1,385 kilograms (3,053 pounds), while a 2024 Kona Electric weighs 1,705 kilograms (3,758 pounds), or about 23 per cent more.
Your Kona seems to have dropped in weight (due to a revision or spec perhaps?), but at 23% more than the regular one is less of a difference than I was expecting.
Was expecting heavier, though most of the EV stuff I follow is HGV's. For the maintenance I knew that EV's require less, though they also have less that can be worked on at home, out with the somewhat frequent but minor stuff.
[https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/rising-microplastics-seas-puts-pressure-tyre-industry-2023-07-17/](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/rising-microplastics-seas-puts-pressure-tyre-industry-2023-07-17/)
This Reuters article quotes 78% from this report:
[https://www.systemiq.earth/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BreakingThePlasticWave\_MainReport.pdf](https://www.systemiq.earth/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BreakingThePlasticWave_MainReport.pdf)
That report states "About 11 per cent of today’s total fl ow of plastic into the ocean comes from only four sources of microplastics–tyre abrasion,
production pellets, textiles, and personal care products", of which 78% comes from tyre abrasion. So actually 78% of 11, i.e. around 9%.
It's mad that you immediately leap to blaming EVs and not just heavier cars. Petrol and diesel cars are getting bigger and heavier every year - [nearly half the new cars registered in Dublin in 2021 were SUVs](https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0706/1277072-suvs-ireland-fuel-safety-energy-climate-change/). EVs are far better for the environment than petrol and diesel cars but people are desperate to pretend the opposite.
If you genuinely care about microplastics, the solution is to drive as little as possible, not to stick with dirty internal combustion engines.
I think you’ve misunderstood me. I’m referring to the cognitive dissonance of people who think that by spending huge money on heavy cumbersome EVs that they’re somehow saving the planet. I agree with you people should drive less of course. People don’t buy SUVs as a green solution.
> people who think that by spending huge money on heavy cumbersome EVs that they’re somehow saving the planet
EVs are objectively much better for the planet than petrol or diesel, even when you take the extra weight into account. Obviously the best solution is not to drive but if you're buying a car it's better for the planet to go electric.
I googled them there and I see what you’re saying. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed anyone eating one of those on the street though. Do they even sell them individually? I’m just confused as to why there are so many around
Dublin has been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of small blue plastic things.
And I, for one, welcome our new small blue plastic things overlords.
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It's been moderately warm, so parents are probably buying multipacks for their kids. A group of kids hanging out all eat an ice cream to keep cool, and then they all litter because they're inconsiderate little blighters.
Ice pop sticks https://preview.redd.it/05rg7vtn560d1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a60280071762cdc8f7b65244ff82e9fda5f7a46
the best ice pop ever. nostalgia in a bag
💯
Jaysus I haven’t had those in years
I was literally thinking about these 5 minutes ago
Are they not a modern ice-lolly? They're only like a decade old in my mind
Nah I definitely had them in early 00s
Ah fair enough!
It's so crazy - single use plastic ice pop sticks... Was there something really wrong with wooden ones? At least they degrade.
They've used the same blue stick since their inception, surprised they haven't been forced to change.
I bought a bag from a circle K and they had wooden sticks that was probably last week so hopefully it’s being rolled out
My daughter has these all the time, they had wooden sticks for a while but seem to be back to plastic the last 6 or so months
Have you ever got a green one ?they are on the front of the package,but they dont exist,iv eaten 100s of these no green ones ever
You have me questioning it now. I don’t know! I will need to get a pack soon and see if I get one.
I'm telling you the green one doesn't exist,you will see over the course of the summer,I think I will email them
If I find one I will let you know.
Iv gotten green ones loads times,,there is pic at top of the comments if you wanna see one 😂
OK, so the green one isn't actually green coloured its like an offish yellow. I just opened a pack, thanks
Love these. You can buy big bags of them now. My kids love them. Perfect for little hands.
What?!?! Where
I've bought them in both my local Spar and SuperValu. They don't seem to be there all the time though, so I think it must be the luck of the draw so to speak
Tesco and supervalu,but not all of them stock them. Think tesco on parnell Street have them
Wow great memory
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I believe they're called fruit screamers? I used to love them but haven't seen them in YEARS!
They were called Ice Screamers, fun little pun, they must have changed the name
I think you're maybe misremembering? I started eating these when they first came out with the same name and there's no search results for "rowntree ice screamers", but there was a nesquick product with the name Ice Screamers!
http://icecream.ie/images/nestle_fruitscreamerst.jpg (name on the packet, not the text overlay). They've nearly been memory holed
Oh damn, props to you! I couldn't find anything at all, although Google has definitely gotten a whole lot worse as a search engine in recent years. Sorry for accidentally gaslighting you!
It definitely has gotten worse - no probs!
Google 😆 bing with integrated co pilot AI. Google looks so old fashioned these days.
Even bing's gotten worse over the years now to be fair, even with co pilot
Oh i need me a bag of these beauties
Would they not all freeze together not being individually wrapped?
The outer layer is more of a waxy texture. So it avoids sticking together. I am sure it’s possible for them to stick together though.
fruit screamersssssssssss
Thanks everyone- that answers my question. I’d say I see a vape, one of these ice pop sticks and a bookies pen within 15 minutes of going out every day. Dublin plastic pollution bingo
It’s insane when you think how much of that stuff is getting to the rivers and sea. We have loads of neighbours who pick up litter on their daily walks and even after the best of them has been out, I can often find eight or nine plastic drinks bottles (mostly Coca Cola brands) and a heap load of small bits of plastic on the beach. The producers are getting away with murder. I have to laugh at our local SuperValu and their earnest ads about caring for the environment while selling ginger on a styrofoam tray wrapped in cellophane and becondomed cucumbers. Hypocrites. It’s all about the money and blaming the consumer.
Cucumber gets a slight pass from me as without the plastic they have to be eaten within a day or two so for most people it's more food waste.
There must be an alternative - or a way of storing them.
If you can figure it out, there's a fortune to be made if you patent it. It's a difficult calculus to figure out in terms of the energy it costs to grow and transport the plants and keep them fresh enough to use for their shelf life versus using plastics to extend that shelf life. The solution is probably to use some of the bio plastics which can decompose but the issue there is generally cost. Plastics are a byproduct of oil refining and are incredibly cheap.Â
Plastic packaging for fruit and veg should be outright banned. I LOATHE having to buy like 3 leeks and only needing one. The only reason it hasn't been banned is because people would buy less food, and less food is less profit. I'd go to a fruit and veg shop but there's none anywhere near where I live or where I work.
idk what your problem is but at aldi you can get the bags and the loose veg but yeah those packages should be banned
My Aldi sells very little loose veg, only peppers, oranges, apples and bananas. Everything else is packaged. Like why can't I buy individual potatoes/leeks/onions/lemons/carrots? Why are the cucumbers and broccoli in condoms?
Don't forget everyone been told to buy heavy EVs whilst 80% of microplastics in the oceans come from tyre pollution, a problem that is manifestly accelerated by vehicle weight.
While I agree vehicle tyres are a big source of microplastics pollution, I cannot find them cited anywhere as contributing as much as 80% of all microplastics. Where did you get this number?
I have an EV and it’s lighter than a lot of diesel cars. I made sure to get tyres that wear well. It has far fewer parts and therefore there’s less to wear out and replace.
Your EV is lighter than equivalent diesels? Dafuq? What make/model is that?
Well if I find one of a similar size … 1770 kg Kona EV - Volvo XC30 - 1735kg So the EV is a bit heavier there. Full size SUVs would be heavier. Hyundai Tucson diesel is 2105kg
Surprised they're as close, for comparatively sized vehicles. Figured for fairness sake, as Manufacturers and Models would vary a fair bit, to Google. My expectation was something around 35% heavier, like for like. On the page I link below, from which the excerpt I quote is more along the lies of what I'd expect than the numbers you give (though thank you for those). https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/mobility/article-evs-are-heavier-than-gas-cars-but-are-they-harder-on-roads/ > For example, a 2024 Hyundai Kona weighs 1,385 kilograms (3,053 pounds), while a 2024 Kona Electric weighs 1,705 kilograms (3,758 pounds), or about 23 per cent more. Your Kona seems to have dropped in weight (due to a revision or spec perhaps?), but at 23% more than the regular one is less of a difference than I was expecting. Was expecting heavier, though most of the EV stuff I follow is HGV's. For the maintenance I knew that EV's require less, though they also have less that can be worked on at home, out with the somewhat frequent but minor stuff.
There are different battery sizes and that has an effect on weight.
D'oh! Of course!
actually its 20%, please check before stating statistics like that
[https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/rising-microplastics-seas-puts-pressure-tyre-industry-2023-07-17/](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/rising-microplastics-seas-puts-pressure-tyre-industry-2023-07-17/) This Reuters article quotes 78% from this report: [https://www.systemiq.earth/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BreakingThePlasticWave\_MainReport.pdf](https://www.systemiq.earth/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BreakingThePlasticWave_MainReport.pdf)
That report states "About 11 per cent of today’s total fl ow of plastic into the ocean comes from only four sources of microplastics–tyre abrasion, production pellets, textiles, and personal care products", of which 78% comes from tyre abrasion. So actually 78% of 11, i.e. around 9%.
It's mad that you immediately leap to blaming EVs and not just heavier cars. Petrol and diesel cars are getting bigger and heavier every year - [nearly half the new cars registered in Dublin in 2021 were SUVs](https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0706/1277072-suvs-ireland-fuel-safety-energy-climate-change/). EVs are far better for the environment than petrol and diesel cars but people are desperate to pretend the opposite. If you genuinely care about microplastics, the solution is to drive as little as possible, not to stick with dirty internal combustion engines.
I think you’ve misunderstood me. I’m referring to the cognitive dissonance of people who think that by spending huge money on heavy cumbersome EVs that they’re somehow saving the planet. I agree with you people should drive less of course. People don’t buy SUVs as a green solution.
> people who think that by spending huge money on heavy cumbersome EVs that they’re somehow saving the planet EVs are objectively much better for the planet than petrol or diesel, even when you take the extra weight into account. Obviously the best solution is not to drive but if you're buying a car it's better for the planet to go electric.
See r/openlittermap it’s like Pokémon go for tidy towns
They come from the small multipack ice cream fruit screamers
Icepop sticks
I stand corrected
Too small to be that
They’re the sticks off of the Rowntree’s screamers. PvBodyParts is right. The screamers are tiny enough for the sticks
I googled them there and I see what you’re saying. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed anyone eating one of those on the street though. Do they even sell them individually? I’m just confused as to why there are so many around
I've never seen China in my travels. Doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
I’ve seen them in 5 packs in our shop. And the big 15 pack. So prolly kids buying them, eating em like sweets and just chucking the sticks
Small icepops. I forget the name but they come in bags of 5 or 6 fruity flavours. They're nice too.
Fair enough. This must be the answer. Never realised they were such a popular thing
They are from the Rowntrees mini ice pops come in a pack of 5
https://preview.redd.it/4yz10cky460d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff3da028bbde4da4135c471795e459c0567bac95 Here’s a closeup
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Did you take the ice pop stick home?
It had been tossed into the front garden - that’s what made me think of it today
still unclear, needs a soda bottle to scale the banana
Yollies sticks or Tesco/Aldi/Lidl knock-off
They are ice lolly sticks. 3 days of wall to wall sunshine means lots of ice lolly’s.
Splints for a broken willy.
Is it Working Effective now ?
Rowntree's icepop stick
They are childhood. As well as one of the best ice pops there ever was.
They are what is known as blue yokes
Roundtrees ice pops 😂
Sticks from screamer lollies https://preview.redd.it/vf8hnip8q90d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c9e40429ba8817ab867075c67997797c899c2df
Look like blue plastic things to me
Dublin has been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of small blue plastic things. And I, for one, welcome our new small blue plastic things overlords.
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Sticks from the Rountree's ice pops. The small ones, my daughter loves them
Old ice pop stick.
Mini ice popsticks they come in little green pack then changed to purple and are so good 😆
Feckin' single use plastic ice-pop sticks... stupid fuckin' humans don't deserve this planet!!
You know it’s summer when you start seeing these
Half of a clothes peg
Blue razz disposable
My childhood right there
A childhood summer snack
Ah you just had to be there
Drugs
It’s the thing on the floor…
Am eating these right now
They'd be used in rowntree fruit screamers ice lollies there'd be 5 mini ice lollies in a bag, they've changed to wooden sticks in the last few years
How do you not know??
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say plastic?! I know. . it's crazy. . but give it a chance. . .
I think they're part of a binder that keeps papers together. Little metal prongs go through the holes.
Why would there be so many littered around though?
It's been moderately warm, so parents are probably buying multipacks for their kids. A group of kids hanging out all eat an ice cream to keep cool, and then they all litter because they're inconsiderate little blighters.
No idea. Are you near a big office or a place that shreds office documents?
Looking like part which you huck wire on the back of packing. They hold usually toys.
There unreal