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[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 points 5 months ago

I've never understood the point of these bags. I have no problem just not using them?

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago
  • Loose small produce like beans or cherries - keeps them all together.

  • Moistened produce like kale or cilantro - keeps everything else in the bag from getting wet.

  • Produce with flaky detritus like onions or garlic - keeps pieces of peel from getting everywhere.

  • Raw meat prone to leakage - keeps other items in the bag from being exposed to potential pathogens.

They sell reusable mesh bags to help with the first scenario, but they aren't really helpful for the other 3. I also try to be mindful of not buying more reusable bags I don't need because most of those end up in landfills long before the 100/200/500/20,000 uses needed to offset the number of plastic bags you'd use otherwise.

Paper bags would help for the first and third scenarios as well, but not the other two. And single-use paper is nearly as bad.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Moistened produce like kale or cilantro - keeps everything else in the bag from getting wet.

Moistening leafy greens makes the rot faster. I hate that grocery stores do this. I've even seen them spraying bags of greens, which is just a waste of water.

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 6 points 5 months ago

Babies' diapers leak and the carts are almost never cleaned.

[-] whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

I don't want the stuff I buy to touch the shopping cart or the conveyor also it is easier to separate them from other stuff in the fridge when you get back home

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Do you have any idea how many boxes, crates, hands and other surfaces the produce has already touched? Its also just sitting in the open at the store for people to touch, sneeze on, drop on the floor. The carts and the conveyor won't make it any worse and you should be washing all produce before eating it anyway.

[-] whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I am aware of all of that, and I wash the stuff always. Even if the bag gets me no benefits it still makes me feel more at ease.

[-] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago
[-] whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

What a coincidence I hate them as well

[-] Iapar@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

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