Plastic Bags Out – Plastic Packing Is In |
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The Agriculture Ministry will pay supermarket chains to sell us fruits and vegetables in plastic | |||
February 27, 2019 | |||
Like to feel the cukes and tomatoes? It's soon to be a thing of the past. The ministry is offering financial aid to the chain that will sell vegetables and fruits in plastic packaging. The goal: to prevent waste in stores and at home. The food chains: "The price will rise – packing labor costs". And what do they say at the Ministry about environmental pollution? "Recycle!"
Development in more than 20 branches The offer must include cluster tomatoes, cucumbers (not baby) and peppers (except for the Tinkerbell, Sweetbite, Shushka and Romero varieties). In addition, it must include three of the following types: eggplant, cabbage, squash, pears, nectarines, peaches, avocado, all apples and mandarin oranges. In other words, six types in all, whereby a chain offering more than 10 types will receive preference. The packaging will include undamaged produce, from one or more producers. In each package uniform produce in color and size will be sold, and producer's details and land of production will be imprinted. There will be a barcode on the packages, to enable collection of their sales data. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, it is possible to pack vegetables and fruits in a variety of ways, according to the type of item. Among other things, a plastic bag (as consumers themselves currently pack produce), a plastic box individually sealed for each item (a "shrink" package that wraps the fruit or vegetable),"flowpack" wrapping (cellophane) and vegetables in Styrofoam trays: a welded tray, a tray wrapped in stretch PVC or a tray wrapped in flowpack.
Meirav Crystal - For the original Article ( Hebrew) |
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