Anti-waste charity Wrap wants ban on 21 items including tomatoes, apples, potatoes, bananas and carrots
Wrap says UK households throw away nearly 100bn pieces of plastic packaging a year but still results in huge amounts of food waste.Wrap says UK households throw away nearly 100bn pieces of plastic packaging a year but still results in huge amounts of food waste.Supermarkets should be banned from selling fresh produce such as bananas, apples and potatoes in plastic packaging so we can go back to shopping “like our nan”, according to the influential anti-waste charity Wrap.
After weighing up the other options – including new taxes or subsidies – Wrap said a government ban would be the most effective way to break a cycle that contributes to UK households throwing away nearly 100bn pieces of plastic packaging a year and results in huge amounts ofHarriet Lamb, Wrap’s chief executive, conceded “this will be hard” for British shoppers schooled to buy fruit and veg in packets, adding that any ban would be “one of the biggest changes in the retail landscape in a while”.
Plastic packaging had resulted in less store waste, simpler production lines and tidier shelves, Lamb said, but the flipside was about 30% of the fresh produce bought ending up in the bin because set pack sizes forced people to buy too much.
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