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We can still get milk delivered in glass bottles here. But everything else I agree is pretty impossible to avoid plastic. Hell, I even saw some fruit, fruit, i

by LandR 7y ago

We can still get milk delivered in glass bottles here. But everything else I agree is pretty impossible to avoid plastic. Hell, I even saw some fruit, fruit, in plastic containers at the supermarket. I guess to stop it getting bashed. It was peaches.

the_gastropod 7y ago
This drives me bonkers. Tomatoes in little plastic crates, bananas is plastic bags, (bananas come with their own really great packaging! Why the hell do they put them in bags?!) cellophane-wrapped cucumbers. My previous employer got Fresh Direct shipments frequently, and the blackberries, raspberries, etc. came packaged in Russian doll nested plastic crates. Made my head explode.
- 0xcafecafe 7y ago
  That is why I refuse to bag large fruits in their own plastic bags. My shopping cart always has apples, peaches, pears and bananas loose in the cart. Its a slight hassle during checkout but to me its worth it.
- Scaevolus 7y ago
  "a wrapped cucumber lasts more than three times as long as an unwrapped one" https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/a-lesson-in-packaging-myths-is-shrink-wrap-on-a-cucumber-really-mindless-waste-8340812.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/feat...
  - coldtea 7y ago
    So just eat the cucumber earlier and shop more often/local? Compared to destroying the environment sounds like a bargain!
    - ianai 7y ago
      And the cucumber will just decompose back into the environment if disposed as trash, too.
- cmarschner 7y ago
  > cellophane-wrapped cucumbers That wouldn’t be actually all too bad: Cellulose is made out of wood, cotton, hemp or other natural materials and is fully biodegradable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane