With pressure growing on retailers to unwrap the plastics on fresh fruit and vegetables, there is a new debate about what is the greater evil — plastic or food waste?
Supplied: Claire Baker, Tasmania Institute of AgricultureA study by a team of Indian scientists found shrink wrapping cucumbers increased the shelf life by six days."You've got to weigh up the differences between plastic waste and food waste," Dr Denham said.
"So it depends what type of environmental impact you're concerned about, do you want to have solid landfill or greenhouse gas emissions?" Dr Denham said.At an innovation in horticulture conference at the University of Tasmania last week, scientists were looking at issues like shelf life and packaging for fresh fruit and vegies.
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