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Increasingly, supermarkets come under coordinated “Plastic Attacks” by shoppers fed up with excess packaging on groceries. Customers tore the plastic packaging off their shopping and left it at the checkout.
Plastic Attack as shoppers show supermarket their displeasure
On Saturday 2 June, shoppers at a branche of Dutch supermarket Jumbo staged a "Plastic Attack" to protest against excessive packaging on groceries, fruit and other products. A group of around 15 customers tore the wrapping off their goods and abandoned it at the checkout. This "plastic attack" was organised by ZeroWasteNL.
These "plastic attacks" occur more often throughout Europe. Only a few weeks ago the same happened at a branch of UK supermarket Tesco.
Unwanted and unnecessary packaging abandoned in “Plastic Attack” Don't like plastic in the supermarkets? Why not bin the lot, just like a group of around 25 customers did in Tesco when they tore the wrapping off their goods and abandoned it at the checkout. Source: Facebook/BBCRadioBristol
Bring your own bags and containers The activists left the packaging in shopping carts and lined up inside the shop to show that food can be taken home without creating more waste. They brought their own glass jars, re-usable produce bags, bread bags etc.
People that attended this plastic attack said that the people at Jumbo in Breda were very friendly, and that the playful action was done in great harmony. Source: Facebook/ZeroWasteNL
Want not, waste not The campaigners in Bristol and in Breda (the Netherlands) paid for their items – including fruit and vegetables – and then removed them from their plastic packaging. Source: ClareAnderson/BristolPost
FROM EDIBLE CUPS MADE FROM SEAWEED TO MEGASTORES ENCOURAGING CUSTOMERS TO BRING THEIR OWN BAGS... Plastic packaging is more than just a nuisance for the environment, and unfortunately that seems to be the standard the world over. Yet, given the choice most consumers would likely choose a sustainable packaging option, however they aren’t yet being presented to us on a large scale. That said, there are alternatives being developed and rolled out around the globe, so now it’s time to promote and adopt these sustainable solutions and ban plastic packaging altogether. Source: Facebook / BrightVibes
Sustainable solutions are being developed in ever growing numbers, offering the conscientious consumer viable green alternatives to the blight of plastic packaging.
