Reducing Package Waste at the Grocery Store
Posted on July 6, 2009
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Tips for Reducing Package Waste at the Grocery Store
Everyone eats, and nowhere is this more apparent than at your local supermarket. It’s hard for most to imagine a time when there weren’t supermarkets that included everything from pharmacy to film processing to peaches in February. However, it’s true, the modern concept of a supermarket has only existed in North America since after World War Two.
Along with these supermarkets came a great deal of packaging waste. Increasingly large and “innovative” packaging has been used over the years to draw consumers’ eyes to the tens of thousands of products that vie for your attention on supermarket shelves. Much of it is either non-recyclable or made at such environmental cost that the packaging is “worth” far more than the food inside.
Ways to reduce your reliance upon packaging include:
* buy fresh food wherever possible
* choose items in containers that can be recycled
* bring your own reusable bag
* choose products that come in returnable containers such as glass milk bottles
* avoid processed foods and cook your own meals.
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