Re:Germany to meet EU guidelines to ban single-use plastics ...
by reaperducer on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @05:14PM
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Visit a store in Japan.
Piece of fruit wrapped in cling film, shrink-wrapped in plastic, tucked into a foam lattice, placed into a styrofoam mold, put in a box, wrapped in paper, then wrapped again by the shop, placed in a small bag that goes into a larger bag.
Even as an American, I never really knew wastefulness until I started going to Japan.
Piece of fruit wrapped in cling film, shrink-wrapped in plastic, tucked into a foam lattice, placed into a styrofoam mold, put in a box, wrapped in paper, then wrapped again by the shop, placed in a small bag that goes into a larger bag.
Even as an American, I never really knew wastefulness until I started going to Japan.