Supermarkets haven’t shown significant action in reducing plastic packaging More than 80% of respondents to federal government’s consultation on packaging laws want the government to regulate packaging Aldi Australia is now officially the worst of the major supermarkets in demonstrating efforts to cut plastic packaging use and accountability, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) can […]
Yeah, its definitely hard. I’ve slowly been building a list of things i can instead buy from a local packaging free store. Their costs are actually not too bad, not cheap, but comparable to the grocery store prices.
But theres only ever going to be a limited range there, so like you theres some things you can’t reasonably get away from.
Breads a class example, if you pay about double the price of a store bought loaf I can get delicious sourdough, no plastic. Or i can go specifically to a local chain bakery, pay a bit more, but be able to ask for no plastic. Or have the convenience and lower cost of a grocery store. Its a no brainer… unless we are having a weekend treat with the nice bread.
The whole thing is a fuck around though.
My only real hope to press Australia to make a change is a local billionaire, go figure, Andrew Forrest, who’s pretty committed to reducing plastics in and around us and the environment, especially the marine environment. But one rich guy does not solve a problem like plastics overuse alone.