Plastic pollution is an environmental crisis, polluting our oceans and waterways, killing marine life and even impacting human health Supermarkets do not reveal how much plastic packaging they generate, making it impossible to see if their efforts to cut plastic are reducing their overall plastic use Loose fruit and vegetables are more expensive than plastic-wrapped […]
    • Ilandar@aussie.zone
      2·
      12 hours ago

      This is a review of supermarkets, but with regards to the independent grocers I always assumed it was related to quality. The bagged fruits and vegetables tend to be older or less ripe.

    • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zoneOPM
      3·
      21 hours ago

      I’s thinking for pre-packaged, as in before it gets to the store, it’d be a difference in handling and shelf stocking at the store level.

      And plastic would protect from bugs, and humans doing things to the fruit and veg that they don’t actually buy. I’s told by a friend that people will stick their nails into apples, piercing the skin, as some kind of subtle test of the fruit. Maybe thats part of it.

      But i dont know. Maybe the grocery stores think think the plastic makes it last longer. Until i read this article last night i thought that was the undisputed case.

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      i’ve always just assumed it’s a “buy 10 get a discount” situation… but yeah it’s pretty annoying

  • threeduck@aussie.zone
    1·
    19 hours ago

    I see people bringing canvas bags to the shop, but still use the mini plastic bags for produce. Wtf? Buy some of the reusable mini bags and keep them with your canvas bags? Must save on helmets having such thick skulls.

    • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zoneOPM
      2·
      17 hours ago

      Years ago, i started reusing those older, heavier plastic bags, instead of getting new ones of those thin compostable bags that you usually see now.

      This is 8 or 10 years ago now, i still have some of those and reuse them for my shopping now. Single use my bum!

      Problem i sometimes have with buying reusables is, are we actually getting into negative waste territory when we conduct these practices. Generally reusable mesh bags will be more polluting to produce, so if they are lost, or broken sooner than they cross that threshold, the whole activity has ended up being a net negative.

      You see the same issue with lots of reusable things of course, as i’m sure people are well aware of.

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      23 hours ago

      Yeah, what a world, ask people to do the sane thing, nope, literally no shits given.