29-01-2022, 04:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-01-2022, 04:28 PM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
Flaming hell. A plum is a plum is a plum. Price them the same, weigh them, bag them, eat them.
We doan need no nasty little sticky bits.
Soooooooo, what is that bit of plasticky film left behind then? And how come my avos don't get those slapped on their cheeks?
As for that compostable thing, they are compostable. In an industrial composting process that reaches temperatures far higher than most home gardens can ever achieve. But the lying baskets never tell us that do they?
All these explanations are not excuses. We need to reduce unnecessary plastic use now. Not in 2025. Now.
We doan need no nasty little sticky bits.
Soooooooo, what is that bit of plasticky film left behind then? And how come my avos don't get those slapped on their cheeks?
(29-01-2022, 01:37 PM)SueDonim Wrote:Funny how we managed to survive eating apples without stickers back in the day...(29-01-2022, 10:53 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Fruit stickers. I thought they'd outlawed those stupid things? Why are we still pulling them off our plums and apples? What is the point of them? We don't need to know what orchard they came out of, that's nothing to do with us. Forget the damned things and drop the price of the fruit...
And we'll buy more.
Legally the fruit has to be able to be traced back to the producer (eg if there's a contamination issue requiring a recall). Also, the supermarket checkouts need to know which fruit we have in the bag. Even with the stickers I have at times had to correct them: "those apples are actually xxx, not what you have just rung them up as". So annoying as they are, the stickers do have a purpose. We just need to be reassured that they are not harmful if eaten, and that they will compost as that's where they end up. Progress is slow, but is coming.
Just like the supposed "home compostable" plastic bags. I've just spent this morning working on our compost and finding the remains of plastic that was supposed to break down and doesn't. The rest of the compost in that bin is well-matured. Just not the "compostable" plastic. We lost the convenience of the old reusable supermarket bags and now have to put up with something that is neither reusable nor compostable. And some of the plastic bits are the little bags that come inside the cardboard packs of herbs. If I can buy Greggs I do becuase it is only paper packaging, but my main supermarket no longer stocks them. Just the silly ones that have plastic inside the cardboard. Hopefully they will eventually get it right.
As for that compostable thing, they are compostable. In an industrial composting process that reaches temperatures far higher than most home gardens can ever achieve. But the lying baskets never tell us that do they?
All these explanations are not excuses. We need to reduce unnecessary plastic use now. Not in 2025. Now.