The store, Ekoplaza, said it is the first of its kind to
have an entire aisle without plastic packaging. Instead, food is
displayed in glass, metal and cardboard containers, as well as materials that
can be composted....
“There is absolutely no logic in wrapping something as fleeting as food in
something as indestructible as plastic,” said Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A
Plastic Planet, in a statement. “Plastic food and drink packaging remains
useful for a matter of days yet remains a destructive presence on the earth for
centuries afterwards.”
Across the globe, people use more than a million plastic bottles each
minute, mostly for drinking water, according to Ekoplaza’s website. Less
than 9 percent of those bottles are recycled.
Where I live, people are patting themselves on the back with their drive to delete plastic shopping bags at the supermarket ... at the same time soft drinks and water come in nothing
but plastic.
American has gone mad for packaging. I suppose it's a marketing notion of virginal content. I imagine astonishing statistics are available on the size and content of American landfills.
ReplyDeleteJunk journalism about plastic.
ReplyDeleteProbably wouldn’t even get a C in a decent college.
Got the C simply by mentioning two scientists with different views in passing. Just ignored the more practical one.
I might be more sensitive given the already high costs of groceries. Precious wrapping will just make things go bad faster and more expensive.
But, hey, the trust fund babies will feel better. That’s important.