These products can all be recycled. But the plastic bottle is the type of damaging pollutant that can find its way into the environment and can take a long, long time to decompose.
The worst thing about the fruits or vegetables I buy is the packaging they come in. Most of the time they come wrapped in plastics. I also had eaten raspberries and blueberries but the containers had already been thrown away before I could snap a photo. The foods themselves decompose rather easily.
Most meats and cheeses are sold in plastics because of their ability to be re-sealed and their ability to preserve freshness.
Foods that come in cardboard products should still be recycled if possible. But some times the process that they have been made for their product makes them unable to be recycled. For example of cardboard gets a coat of wax, it can no longer be recycled.
It is interesting to see all of the ways that foods are packaged, even if they food is supposed to be healthy.
ReplyDeleteI dont even put my fruits in the plastic bags, I just make sure to wash them really good when I get home. Also I noticed that snapple brand always uses glass bottles with their products. I wonder why this is and why more brands dont do this?
ReplyDeleteI like the way you make a point to notice how each item is packaged, I think it is great that some waste companies in Duluth will collect just one container of recyclables and sort them later.
ReplyDeleteI have started to notice packaging more when I am shopping. If you want to save plastic, there are reusable produce bags!
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting photo essay. I also went through my apartment to find ways that I recycled things, so ours were a bit similar.
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