Buy loose produce wherever you can

Packaged fruits and vegetables aren't actually convenient, as it's no more difficult to plop some pears into a bag yourself than to buy them already plastic-wrapped. Plus, you can reuse little produce bags. Plus plus, buying loose produce allows you to choose the best-quality items. Plus plus plus, it will save you money in almost every case. There seems to be an impression that pre-packaged produce is cleaner or more reliable, but this isn't actually the case. Adding unnecessary packaging to a product is simply another way to add the appearance of value and thus separate consumers from even more of their money, while contributing to packaging waste.


Effort involved: just bringing small bags along when you buy produce. (Did you see all the +es above?)


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