Do you ever think about packaging?

I read this about cottage cheese and their new packaging. I do not like plastic I think it adds chemical to our food and glass is recyclable. Maybe the only good thing about plastic is it does not break. I am always thinking about packaging. That is our biggest issue. You want to do something less harmful to the environment? Do something about packaging.

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Yes, I think about it and consider most of it a huge waste. Take for example carrots in a plastic bag right next to those with the tops still on them just lying on the shelf. The same goes with potatoes and a host of other items like those. If we end up with a really troubled economy and shortage of food in stores, perhaps we can return to just getting some of our food items naked, without all the packaging that not only adds cost, but feeds the dumps endlessly. Imagine if you will no more plastic wrap on many items and how much that will save. Why do I need plastic wrapped around paper towels, or bathroom tissue? One can argue food items benefit from sanitary handling, but actually that is lame too. Why do we need to have our meats wrapped when the same food is available at the butcher shop not wrapped? Personally, I'd like to see bulk distribution of milk, water etc. with you having to bring your own container. All of it would be a huge step forward in terms of waste management as well as some cost reduction.

I would love to see that Rockdoc. I am telling you, when I go to the store that is all I think about. We were talking on [url=http://www.smokyhillbound.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]www.smokyhillbound.com[/url] about the fact that I have switched to paper bags at Kings. I got a little flack about the environment but paper is way easier to use. I used 3 bags compared to about 7 plastic bags and the paper seems much more recyclable. Now there may be better ways and i am thinking about that however packaging is the problem. If we all made our own food at home or grew our own stuff there would be very little packaging out there. Because we would not have to take anything home it would already be there. Packaging is everything! Do something about that and you could make a huge difference.