▲ 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. 🙂
[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Come to Denmark and you'll be seriously shocked by how much plastic is used for food packaging. It's insane and I hate it so much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The US has its own share of overly plastic packaging. I have occasionally seen individual vegetables shrinkwrapped. It’s just not the norm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I saw a pre-peeled orange for sale at a convenience store. It was wrapped in plastic wrap. Like, why‽‽‽ They literally grow their own wrapper.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It happens to cucumbers relatively often but other veggies are just so weirdly shaped from a packaging standpoint that I don't think they see it as worthwhile permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eRac@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cucumbers have much better shelf-life when shrink-wrapped. It ends up a debate of which is worse between food waste and plastic waste. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh really? I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago That was the one I was thinking of! I knew there was an organic veggie I regularly buy that’s wrapped. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Twig@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The US has its own share of overly plastic packaging. I have occasionally seen individual vegetables shrinkwrapped. It’s just not the norm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I saw a pre-peeled orange for sale at a convenience store. It was wrapped in plastic wrap. Like, why‽‽‽ They literally grow their own wrapper.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It happens to cucumbers relatively often but other veggies are just so weirdly shaped from a packaging standpoint that I don't think they see it as worthwhile permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eRac@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cucumbers have much better shelf-life when shrink-wrapped. It ends up a debate of which is worse between food waste and plastic waste. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh really? I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago That was the one I was thinking of! I knew there was an organic veggie I regularly buy that’s wrapped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I saw a pre-peeled orange for sale at a convenience store. It was wrapped in plastic wrap. Like, why‽‽‽ They literally grow their own wrapper.... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It happens to cucumbers relatively often but other veggies are just so weirdly shaped from a packaging standpoint that I don't think they see it as worthwhile permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eRac@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cucumbers have much better shelf-life when shrink-wrapped. It ends up a debate of which is worse between food waste and plastic waste. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh really? I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago That was the one I was thinking of! I knew there was an organic veggie I regularly buy that’s wrapped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eRac@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cucumbers have much better shelf-life when shrink-wrapped. It ends up a debate of which is worse between food waste and plastic waste. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh really? I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh really? I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago That was the one I was thinking of! I knew there was an organic veggie I regularly buy that’s wrapped. permalink fedilink source parent