90,000 metric tons packaging waste in German fruit & veg sector
date:Jul 07, 2016
e best solution to reduce waste and many customers want to use reusable packaging. The logistic suppliers of supermarkets have another opinion.

The need for plastic for packages has increased by 78% for fruit and 164% for vegetables in the period 2000-2014. Tomatoes should be mentioned, they account for the biggest volume of packaging with 32%, while their consumption share is only around 15%. Because tomatoes are packaged in rather small volumes with large amounts of plastic.

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