“just put the fruit in the cart” gang represent
Comment on Why is this so hard
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just buy reusable mesh bags and stop wasting plastic to protect your produce for a 20 minute car ride.
SiegeRhino@lemmy.world 5 months ago
brlemworld@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Right? Just gonna wash it anyway
Dicska@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just dump all the loose blueberries into it.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I put them in my pockets and hope I don’t bump into anyone.
Awkwardparticle@programming.dev 5 months ago
You’re a savage, go back to the forest.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
The “waste” is negligible; doing some napkin math, a 20 minute car ride accounts for 300 times higher carbon footprint than a plastic produce bag (can elaborate if you want). A reused mesh bag is going to be less hygienic and less convenient, and factoring in the higher footprint of production and distribution (produce bags come in packs of 3500) you would need to get a lot of reuse out of it to even be worth it. Considering impact of disposal, as long as you live somewhere that has sane waste disposal and doesn’t empty their trash into the ocean it’s not going to be significant either.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
People need to get some perspective on plastic waste. I’ve seen no end of complaints about how my 3d printing hobby is responsible for climate change… In my country, we produce >200 kg of plastic per capita. My 1kg spool of vegetable-derived plastic is not causing the oceans to acidify.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I think it’s just since it is a visible thing, and because alternatives are products you can buy and be seen using, it becomes a prime target for scolding and virtue signalling.
ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It’s like complaining about a phone charger being left in the socket when the windows are open with the AC on.
Those produce bags weigh like 1/4 of a gram. Those produce reusable bags weigh like 30 grams. Most people lose or break, or toss the reusable produce bags before using them 120 times. It’s feel good bullshit for high consuming Whole Foods shoppers. And it’s a distraction.
To be clear, I’m all for reusable grocery bags, and generally against single use items. But the produce bags are so thin and light, they’re probably the least problematic.
brlemworld@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s less about the carbon and more about the fact that it doesn’t degrade. It’s plastic pollution.
tdawg@lemmy.world 5 months ago
everything that helps helps
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
We still reuse the plastic bags around here… so, not a total waste I guess.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not all of those bags are the same.
The produce bag rolls at most stores around me are compostable now. They are also breathable and will keep the produce fresh longer when left in the bag.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Compostable means they can be recycled, which isn’t as good as reusing, which isn’t as good as reducing.
Reduce>Reuse>Recycle
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Best part is I can carry 2-3 fully loaded reusable bags vs 12 flimsy plastic ones that split and overflow.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
in sweden we have paper bags that are then used for food waste recycling at home.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There’s no way I’m getting to my car when opening a bag is this hard
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 5 months ago
“Joke about the inability to open a car because the inability to open a little bag”
;-)
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The joke is the same as in the picture. As in: since I’m having so much trouble opening this bag I will never get to my car because I’ll be stuck here trying to open this bag. Hope that helps!