Consumption of what?
For example: Virtually every food item is packaged in plastic. And it’s not consumers who decided it was more cost effective to use disposable plastic than wash a reusable container.
For example: Virtually every food item is packaged in plastic. And it’s not consumers who decided it was more cost effective to use disposable plastic than wash a reusable container.
Is it? Most of what I buy (vegetables, fruits, bread, eggs, milk, pasta, flour, sugar, salt, oil) is not.
Meat, fish, rice, and cheese are the things that require some plastic, afaict, but do not constitute the majority of food.
I don't think I've ever seen pasta not in a plastic wrapper?
For milk, it's usually in a plastic bottle, but often in tetra-pak type containers (don't honestly know what they're made of!).
With oil, it's usually in a plastic bottle, occasionally a glass one for more expensive EV olive oils, and rarely in Europe I've seen shops with oil dispensers that allow you to fill your own container.
For eggs, they are usually in a cardboard box, but occasionally in a plastic one.
For salt, I think I've only ever seen it in plastic bottles or bags.
It's layers of plastic, aluminum and paper glued together. The first two can't be separated, but they claim it's reused somewhere in construction.