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An important piece of information missing from ideas like this is how much of the overall total we are talking about. My guess is that plastic fruit and vegetab
by mdavis6890 5y ago
An important piece of information missing from ideas like this is how much of the overall total we are talking about. My guess is that plastic fruit and vegetable containers account for a very, very small portion of plastic use overall.
- acdha 5y agoYou'd also want to consider how much utility is gained from that use: a lot of food packaging is stuff like plastic wrap or paper/plastic/metal combinations which cannot be recycled, and it's only used once whereas a reusable plastic container might use 10x the volume of plastic but could be reused for many years.