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France Is Freeing Fruit and Veg from Its Plastic Prison
France is making big moves to ban single-use plastics. Keep reading to discover more.
Under a new law, a large portion of the country’s produce will no longer be sold in single-use plastic containers.
Stacks of wooden crates filled with bulging Savoy cabbages, thick sheathes of wild leek and bunches of loose-leaf lettuce line the front of Kilogramme. And it’s not because the morning’s delivery has just arrived.
Inside the Parisian grocery store, a rainbow of fresh fruits and vegetables are also in thin wooden boxes. At the back of the space, all kinds of pulses, beans and grains are stored in glass self-service dispensers. And on the shelves are rows of sauces and compotes in tins and jars. There…