Most fruits and veg don’t need any packaging at all. At most for a few, a sticker with a segment to show the best ripeness color if they insist on branding that sum bitch.
They don’t need laser etching either. Take a basket of fruits, put a label on the basket.
Yes, the label is plastic or paper, but you’ll have 1 label (reusable) for 50 or however many fruits fit into the basket in shop instead of having every single one labeled.
Why TF would you package an avocado???
Veggies need no packaging or laser etching for that matter
This is cultural waste
Eh, cucumbers for example having that plastic survive a lot longer which reduces waste (and makes logistics lighter which saves resources) which comes out as net benefit compared to what it takes to package them like that. I used to think the plastic was dumb but was surprised when I looked into it.
Not sure what’s the cost/benefit with avocados, it’s probably different with every veggie. And now that I think about it, might depend on local situation. The source I read was Finnish.
Where I live, the Avocados just lay there without anything on them at all.
The cashiers have a list with the register codes for all unmarked fruits and vegetables right in front of them, and anyone who’s worked there for more than 2 weeks knows them by heart.
They do that here with some fruit and veg, but avocados… they’re obsessed with plastic packaging
Some organic fruits or vegetables, e.g. cucumbers, have laser branding to distinguish them from their non-organic counterparts.
