Why is so much food packaged in plastic? I understand it’s probably cheaper than using wood or metal or other forms of packaging but it’s just so wasteful. I think people would prefer more “premium” packaging materials as well.

Question

Why is so much food packaged in plastic? I understand it’s probably cheaper than using wood or metal or other forms of packaging but it’s just so wasteful. I think people would prefer more “premium” packaging materials as well.

In: Culture

Answer 1

so you rather burn 50kg of fuel to ship your goods into metal packaging (which needs two-way logistics, and does cost more weight and space) instead of 50g of fuel for an airtight plastic foil + 5g to produce the foil itself.

right.