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How do we package food products sustainably in coming decades? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I imagine all plastics will be out of the question. I'm wondering about what ways food packaging might become regulated to upcycling in the domestic or even commercial space. Assuming energy remains a $ scarce $ commodity I don't imagine recycling glass will be super practical as a replacement. Do we move to more unpackaged goods and bring our own containers to fill at markets? Do we start running two way logistics chains where a more durable glass container is bought and returned to market? How do we achieve a lower energy state of normal in packaging goods?

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[-] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Mostly in Florida citrus, the packaging for pesticides is significant. Jugs for liquids, bags for dry powder. And irrigation drip and emitters are all plastic. Oh and cones for new trees from the nursery, zip ties for the protective cover around the stalk of newly planted trees. Flagging tape, um, there's probably more.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I'd figure at any scale that they'd be using 500L deposit totes for chem and liquid fert. A lot of the rest of it sounds like equipment. A zip tie for a tree that's going to produce for 15 years isn't much in the scheme of things. Now when you see that apple individually wrapped in plastic at the store, that's the sort of thing that should grind your gears.

[-] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Citrus does not have the scale of the big crops like corn and wheat, so big deposit totes. I am close to the industry, pesticides are sold by the jug or pack, packed on pallets, poured into sprayers by hand. I've known growers that just throw the waste into giant burn piles. Doesn't matter, citrus is dying...unless we come up with a solution to citrus greening.

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