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[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Why TF would you package an avocado?????

Veggies need no packaging or laser etching for that matter

This is cultural waste

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You're preaching to the choir, but it's better than the plastic they've been using

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This legit feels like a scene from Idiocracy. "We tried giving the plants Brawndo... it's the thirst mutilator!"

Just don't package them like every other sensible country on Earth.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eh, cucumbers for example having that plastic survive a lot longer which reduces waste (and makes logistics lighter which saves resources) which comes out as net benefit compared to what it takes to package them like that. I used to think the plastic was dumb but was surprised when I looked into it.

Not sure what's the cost/benefit with avocados, it's probably different with every veggie. And now that I think about it, might depend on local situation. The source I read was Finnish.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Where I live, the Avocados just lay there without anything on them at all.
The cashiers have a list with the register codes for all unmarked fruits and vegetables right in front of them, and anyone who's worked there for more than 2 weeks knows them by heart.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

They do that here with some fruit and veg, but avocados… they're obsessed with plastic packaging

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well they're the TESCO AVOCADOS. DON'T YOU DARE CONFUSE THEM WITH regular avocados.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some organic fruits or vegetables, e.g. cucumbers, have laser branding to distinguish them from their non-organic counterparts.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ours just have paper ribbons.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The glue is not unproblematic and a customer could just swap the stickers.

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