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Market gardeners and fruit growers anticipate the end of plastic packaging

2021-12-26T18:51:06.267Z


From January 1, certain products will have to be sold in bulk, in cardboard trays or nets, according to the law. A constraint and a challenge.


Somehow, the players in the fruit and vegetable sector are preparing for the end of plastic packaging at the points of sale for January 1.

On that date, a whole series of products listed in a decree of October 10, such as leeks, zucchini, carrots or round tomatoes, will have to be marketed either in bulk or in alternative packaging to polymers.

Others, like endive, will have exemptions until 2024.

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On the fruit side, this particularly affects apples, pears, bananas, oranges and clementines.

Red fruits, which are more fragile, will be exempt from this obligation until 2026. The legislator's objective is twofold.

The climate and resilience law aims for 20% of products in supermarkets and supermarkets to be sold in bulk by 2030, against 1 to 3% today, in order to limit waste.

In addition, this should reduce pollution by reducing the production of polymers.

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Source: lefigaro

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