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If plastic waste on cheese slices bothers you from environmental perspective, please do not google Japanese candy / sweets as those come individually wrapped, p
by mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
If plastic waste on cheese slices bothers you from environmental perspective, please do not google Japanese candy / sweets as those come individually wrapped, packaged in more plastic, inside a box, wrapped by plastic. When I was first introduced to Japanese sweets I could not wrap, tehee, my head around the reasons for why this is happening.
- wingerlang 8y agoMaybe so that you can grab a few on the go, or eat small amounts and keep the rest fresh. At least this is how someone I used to know used super-wrapped stuff.
- sasaf5 8y agoAFAIK the individual wrapping is for sharing the snacks. In east asia you get chastised if you buy a snack for yourself ("are you gonna eat it alone?"). That explains the little plastic trays under the cookies too. Just open the paper box and slide off the tray in front of your friends. But then, isn't it ironic that this group-centered practice leads to a selfish, polluting outcome?
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoI'd be likely to buy such things slightly more often, since I could eat a few and not waste the rest. The way it goes now is that i have packaging anyway that gets thrown out, but half a box of cookies is likely to get thrown out as well. I recycle all of my plastic. I use enough reusable bags that I have to buy trash bags - the current batch is made from corn and is compostable. But through all this, I'm not sure that a responsible plastic being recycled or composted is any worse than throwing out actual food. Additionally, perhaps it would be easier for folks to control their eating with the packaging just because it takes so much longer to eat. My understanding is that the bubble packaging on pills helps to reduce suicide in a similar vein (it deters folks overdosing on pills, at least).