Re:Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic for th...
by laserDinosaur on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:49AM
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>The styrofoam shrink wrapped packages of meat is another one that gets me
The grocery store near me used to wrap up all the meat from their in house butcher in paper with a string - it was neat. Now they wrap it in plastic on those styrofoam trays. But to make it worse, they wrap each individual item in plastic, so if you buy a few pounds of chicken you end up with about 6 individual containers of chicken. Its insane.
Re:Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic for th...
by croisillon on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:12AM
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The meat industry hates this weird trick against meat packaging.
Nice example. I hate the fact that I have to use a pair of scissors to open up a brand new pair of scissors. I've been under the impression that the use of the plastic packaging has been a focus on stop-loss from theft. That makes sense to a degree in the retail environment. Remember when CDs came in those big boxes so people wouldn't shove them down their pants?
The styrofoam shrink wrapped packages of meat is another one that gets me. I much prefer going to the butcher where the meat comes wrapped in paper. However, it's much more convenient for shoppers to walk up to a display to get prepackaged servings rather than waiting in line for the butcher.