▲ 277 ▼ Tesco's Laser-Etched Avocados to Save on Packaging Waste - Core77 (www.core77.com) submitted 2 years ago by spittingimage@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments I'm sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. 🙂
[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think a lot of produce uses some PVC material for labels. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) in the US i believe by law food stickers need to be edible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago Yeah I was googling around and as far as I could tell they must not be harmful if accidentally consumed, but I think can still be made of plastic (which is...weird), and don't need to be compostable: https://modernfarmer.com/2018/03/little-produce-stickers-are-big-waste-problem/ https://nerc.org/news-and-updates/blog/nerc-blog/2021/11/09/produce-stickers-a-small-but-mighty-problem I could be wrong though, it's kinda confusing as to the rules. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) in the US i believe by law food stickers need to be edible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago Yeah I was googling around and as far as I could tell they must not be harmful if accidentally consumed, but I think can still be made of plastic (which is...weird), and don't need to be compostable: https://modernfarmer.com/2018/03/little-produce-stickers-are-big-waste-problem/ https://nerc.org/news-and-updates/blog/nerc-blog/2021/11/09/produce-stickers-a-small-but-mighty-problem I could be wrong though, it's kinda confusing as to the rules. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago Yeah I was googling around and as far as I could tell they must not be harmful if accidentally consumed, but I think can still be made of plastic (which is...weird), and don't need to be compostable: https://modernfarmer.com/2018/03/little-produce-stickers-are-big-waste-problem/ https://nerc.org/news-and-updates/blog/nerc-blog/2021/11/09/produce-stickers-a-small-but-mighty-problem I could be wrong though, it's kinda confusing as to the rules. permalink fedilink source parent