Secret Plastic, Technology in care, Welsh tenancies

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We follow up on complaints that the supermarket chain Sainsbury's is "greenwashing" after products in a new range of sustainable bedding were found wrapped in a single-use plastic bag with instructions to remove the packaging before putting them on display. Sainsbury's website says the linen is "presented in a fabric bag, made from the same material, and fastened with a coconut husk button and jute string, designed to eliminate single use plastic packaging”. We hear from an unhappy listener and Christina Dixon from the Environmental Investigation Agency, a charity which campaigns against plastic pollution. We report on how the care sector is increasingly looking to assistive technology as a way to deal with squeezed budgets and chronic staff shortages. The trend is worrying some relatives of disabled and vulnerable people living in supported accommodation. In Moray, in North East Scotland, the local health partnership there wants to pilot a new system with sensor technology linked to an emergency call centre, employing just one overnight care worker across three properties as back up. We speak to Libby Marshall, whose 49-year-old son lives in one of the houses earmarked for the trial and Charles McKerron, the Interim Learning Disability Service Manager for Moray Health and Social Care. We look at a new law in Wales that will make it harder for landlords to evict tenants. The Welsh Government has decided to overhaul 'no fault evictions' which currently allow landlords to evict renters without a reason, and with only two months notice, after their fixed-term tenancy period ends. We speak to Douglas Haig from the Residential Landlords Association and John Puzey, Director of Shelter Cymru about the changes. Presenter: Melanie Abbott Producer: Tara Holmes.