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UK: Calls for supermarkets to ban plastic packaging on fresh produce

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.

It is calling for the government to ban packaging on 21 fruit and vegetables sold in supermarkets, including salad tomatoes, carrots and avocados, by 2030.

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 of food waste.

Faced with the same plastic problem, other countries such as France have already passed laws banning packaging on many fresh products.

Read more at The Guardian.

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