Tesco's Laser-Etched Avocados to Save on Packaging Waste - Core77
Tesco's Laser-Etched Avocados to Save on Packaging Waste - Core77
"Laser avocado" sounds like a Doritos flavor, but it's actually a packaging technique being trialed by Tesco. In a bid to reduce packaging waste, the UK supermarket chain is laser-etching avocados rather than using barcode stickers. And for their avocado products that come in twin packs, they're dit...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16216407
I'm sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. 🙂
That's weird to see avocados in packaging. In my area they just stack them on a produce shelf like onions, no packaging or lasers required
Do they have small stickers on them?
Fuck, I forgot about that. Good point!
But why!?
Put them in a container and label the container TESCO WHATEVER FRUIT, no lasers required.
..... The most I've seen is avocados bagged/packed as a group.
I normally see them individually.
Laser etching looks/sounds cool (especially if you do it on the damaged looking spots for less blemishes/more likely for consumers to buy); maybe save on a little sticker. You do you, just I don't know how much packaging this really saves on, unless you are like... laser etching barcodes and branding.
Laser etching doesn't sound like a terrible idea.