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. 🙂

  • mercator_rejection@programming.devEnglish
    51·
    6 months ago

    Around here we just have little stickers on the produce with a code number on it. Most produce is just stacked with no packaging. You collect as many as you want in a bag. At the check out, the little code number can be used tell what the exact variety is.

    This seems a lot simpler than lazer etching to me, but idk, maybe that is really cheap and easy too?

    • TDCN@feddit.dkEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      It’s also about the fear of people just moving stickers around. I personally think it’s probably only a very small amount of people who would actually do that so the cost of preventing that is not worth it.

      I can inform you that laser edging is much cheaper and way faster than stickers. Lasers are cheap and you don’t have any consumables you need to keep buying like stickers.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Stickers don’t break down, however. They’re super annoying for composting stuff because you have to remove every single one