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.dkEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • thesmokingman@programming.devEnglish
      9·
      6 months ago

      The US has its own share of overly plastic packaging. I have occasionally seen individual vegetables shrinkwrapped. It’s just not the norm.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 months 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…

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        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