On this day, 31st May 2019, I was moaning about plastic packaging. Why are fruit and veg packaged in plastic? Shrinkwrapped cucumbers. Seriously? Grapes, kiwis, apples, tomatoes, leeks, mushrooms, etc.
Meat packaged in plastic.
Now we even have microplastics in food
Interesting info by National Geographic
Seven years later (is it really that long?), and nothing much has changed. I try to choose non-packaged fresh food, but it is almost impossible.
What about you?
Piglet in Portugal 
Our local supermarket seemed to be really trying to use a lot less plastics. When non-plastic wrapped items were available, I opted for them – but now they have gone back to using more plastics. Why? I don’t understand it.
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His sarsm, I hear you. For a while the plastic message seemed to be getting through but as you say plastic is back in fashion. And despite my vow not to buy products packaged in plastic I often don’t have a choice.
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Very much share your pet peeve! Here Down Under the plastics/microplastics saga is much talked about – my supermarket (one of the two largest chains in the country) seems to be trying and every move is welcome . . . in addition, ‘imperfect’ fruit and vegetables are much more on sale now instead of tragically going onto the farmers’ rubbish heaps and that loose from big bins at a much lower price . . . and, naturally everybody is honing in on such :) !
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Hi Eha, what a great idea! I wish more shops would do that.
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I try my best, but it’s impossible to banish plastic.
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Hi Tracy, I also tired to go plastic free but it is impossible.
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I thought only hot food are not to be packaged in plastic.
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Hi Gregory, its not that they can’t be packaged in plastic but it is morally wrong re plastic pollution.
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Okay I see. What part of the work are you from ?
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Yup. Sigh.
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Sigh indeed, Laurie.
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My pet peeve is that here in Canada, we have to use reusable cloth bags in the grocery store, but almost every item we put into that bag is, as you say, packaged in plastic.
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Yep, they also stopped giving plastic bags here. I don’t understand why everything has to be packaged in plastic … especially cucumbers.
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If this is holding yourself back, you’d be a force to contend with at full speed ahead, Bernie. I very much enjoyed your recap. I was sad to hear about the fracture. How did it happen? I lost you for some time in the blogosphere, and then had difficulty re-following. I’ve been able to re-follow you after several attempts today. Tech stuff!! I love it when everything works the way it’s supposed to and I loathe it when it doesn’t.
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