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I assume this is only a concern because in America you're forced to make grocery trips once a week because of the suburban layout and car-centric development in
by ta8903 4y ago
I assume this is only a concern because in America you're forced to make grocery trips once a week because of the suburban layout and car-centric development instead of getting fresh food off the corner store every other day like most countries.
- JohnFen 4y agoBut in the US (or at least my part of it), it's not common to find produce individually wrapped in plastic. I always thought that was more of a European thing.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoStuff like cucumbers, yes, because otherwise they would have much too short of a shelf life. Otherwise I don't think I've ever seen individual fruits or vegetables wrapped in plastic here in Canada, and I didn't think that grocery stores in the USA are very different from ours. Bulk bags of apples, carrots, grapes, lettuce, spinach, etc., certainly, but individual apples wrapped in plastic seems ridiculous.
- bmitc 4y agoThat's a sort of stereotype, though. Japan is one of the most urbanized countries in the world, if not the most urbanized, and it has some of the most disproportionate plastic use.