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I’m sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. 🙂
You know what other option is popular and much more common than packaging or etching. A tiny sticker, made out of recycled paper.
Better yet biodegradable paper and glue so you just throw all the shit in a compost bin!
The stickers are compostable and edible already
Editing to say I’m a liar I guess, since I couldn’t find proof to back this claim and have just been eating plastic sometimes.
Where do you have that? I haven’t seen that in most places
Omg I guess I’ve been tricked. I had read that they were mostly in at least the US but now can’t find any evidence to support that. Gotta do my homework better I guess.
There’s one company that is making them that has customers all over north america but I guess it’s not as common as I thought. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/plastic-sticker-produce-ban-alternative-1.6844972
Rice paper, IIRC, with edible ink and glue
You dont even need the sticker. They are avocados and are distinct and easy for a cashier or moron at self checkout to figure out how to ring up.
I think a lot of produce uses some PVC material for labels.
in the US i believe by law food stickers need to be edible.
Yeah I was googling around and as far as I could tell they must not be harmful if accidentally consumed, but I think can still be made of plastic (which is…weird), and don’t need to be compostable:
https://modernfarmer.com/2018/03/little-produce-stickers-are-big-waste-problem/
https://nerc.org/news-and-updates/blog/nerc-blog/2021/11/09/produce-stickers-a-small-but-mighty-problem
I could be wrong though, it’s kinda confusing as to the rules.