Plastic pollution is an environmental crisis, polluting our oceans and waterways, killing marine life and even impacting human health Supermarkets do not reveal how much plastic packaging they generate, making it impossible to see if their efforts to cut plastic are reducing their overall plastic use Loose fruit and vegetables are more expensive than plastic-wrapped […]
  • solaEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I could only quickly find https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/24/plastic-packaging-increases-fresh-food-waste-study-finds for a reference to this wrap study. It mentions

    Wrap studied the five items: apples, bananas, broccoli, cucumber and potatoes, stored in the original packaging and loose, and at different temperatures.

    I don’t think this a good selection of items to demonstrate plastic doesn’t extend product shelf life. Personally I actually put a lot of veg in resealable bags to extend how long it lasts. Overall it definitely works for me.