Plastic Packaging on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Increases Food Waste, Study Finds - EcoWatch
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Have you ever gone to the grocery store to buy bananas and been confronted with a bunch wrapped in plastic and thought, “Why?” UK waste reduction nonprofit the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) understands your confusion, and, after an 18-month study, found that plastic packaging and use-by dates on whole, fresh fruits and vegetables increases food waste.
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