Hi Manfred,
Clingfilmed coconuts? Shrink-wrapped turnips? Cauliflower
'steaks' in plastic bags?
Many of us have experienced the frustration of
unpacking our weekly shop and finding we're filling our fridges, rubbish bins
and recycling with pointless plastic - and it's no surprise when
supermarkets are producing 800,000 tonnes of plastic a
year!
Enough is enough. Will you help expose supermarkets'
ridiculous packaging practices?
Here's
how:
1. Next time you spot some excessive
plastic packaging, take a photo.
2. If
you use Twitter, tweet the photo using #PointlessPlastic (don't
forget to tag the supermarket too!)
3. If you don't use
Twitter, you can either post it on another social media channel (like Facebook
or Instagram) or alternatively email your picture to us at
packaging.uk@greenpeace.org and we'll post it for you!
Some people are
concerned that plastic is necessary to reduce food waste - but a new study has
shown that in some cases it might actually be making the problem worse.
[1] When plastic packaging requires food to be a specific size or
shape, edible food is rejected because it doesn't look the right way.
And
whilst some people need pre-prepared fruit and vegetables because of mobility
issues, no one needs them to be provided in plastic.
If hundreds
of us share these pictures of pointless plastic packaging online,
together we can show supermarkets that their use of plastic is out of
control, and that their customers have had enough.
Thanks for all you
do,
Alice
