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Re:Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plastic' by camtarn on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @11:19AM (#40789747)
Over here in the UK, our grocery delivery service (Sainsburys) just comes to your door with flat crates full of unbagged shopping. You meet them at the door and transfer the shopping into your own bags. It's a lot slower than just grabbing bagged shopping out of the crates, and I have no idea how it works for folks in flats/apartments (do the delivery folks have to walk each crate up four flights of stairs individually?) but it is nice that it doesn't cause as much direct waste. Albeit that it might cause indirect waste due to now needing more vans on the road to service the same number of users, hm.
Re:Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plastic' by jstanley on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @12:23PM (#40790428)
You can carry the crate to the kitchen and dump out the contents on your worktop/floor. No need for the intermediate bagging!

I agree things were easier when they delivered it in bags though.

Re:Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plastic' by ssl-3 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @03:11PM (#40792352)
With the way groceries are usually packed (with smashables like bread and milk on top), that sounds like a good way to accidentally make French toast.