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It’s the thought that counts when giving presents – or is it?<\/p>\n

Discount retailer Poundland has caused controversy with its latest Valentine’s Day gift, a heart-shaped package with nothing in it.<\/p>\n

The Gift of Nothing, naturally priced at \u00a31, is intended as “a bit of fun”, says the retailer.<\/p>\n

But Friends of the Earth and other campaign groups have complained that whatever Poundland was thinking about, it certainly wasn’t the environment.<\/p>\n

Julian Kirby, Friends of the Earth’s lead campaigner on plastics, criticised its use of “wasteful plastics”, adding: “Let’s hope folly like this goes unloved and doesn’t reappear.”<\/p>\n