Maryanne Dunmire

Detroit Zoological Society's Green Team

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Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

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Food Buy Unpackaged Produce

Why do you think these produce products started amassing so much plastic packaging? Who is the plastic packaging really serving -- the consumer, the producer, or someone else?

Maryanne Dunmire 7/03/2019 8:56 PM

The largest collection of plastic packaging I see is in 1) the deli counter & the prepared salads and entrees. Grocers want people to be able to see the brightly colored food. Or, 2) the fresh fruit that comes cut up; they can charge more for the convenience. Also, in a single-person household, a whole melon or a whole pineapple will go bad before it gets eaten up.

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Maryanne Dunmire 6/28/2019 8:25 PM

Needed laundry detergent and fabric softener when I went grocery shopping today, but everything is packaged in plastic jugs. What's a person supposed to do???

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- Nancy Butler 7/04/2019 11:01 AM
  
  I won't buy laundry detergent in plastic bottles. It's getting harder to find, but so far I've been able to buy powdered detergent at Walmart. I always buy multiple boxes in case they stop selling it, too.
  
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- Rachel Handbury 7/01/2019 7:12 AM
  
  I use vinegar as a fabric softener and it works great! that being said, vinegar is in plastic jugs as well! I do purchase them in bulk though.
  
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