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Aldi confirmed as worst supermarket in 2024 audit on cutting plastic use - Australian Marine Conservation Society (www.marineconservation.org.au)

submitted 10 months ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd said to my partner, i thought the Aldi shops had more quantities more plastic. Surprised to see theres some information backing that up.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm not from Australia, but I've been trying to reduce my plastic intake pretty harshly for the past few weeks, and yeah, the shop I go to makes a bigger difference than I thought.

In some shops, I just cannot buy noodles, bread and juice without plastic, for example. And well, I've switched to more veggies, fruits, beans and whatnot, because those tend to not be packaged or they come in glass jars, and there it's just as well that some shops just have a better selection.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

We can get bread and juice in paper and cardboard packaging, but I've never heard of noodles in anything other than plastic. Almost all our noodle products come from Asia, so food miles is probably a bigger variable than the wrapping.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, its definitely hard. I've slowly been building a list of things i can instead buy from a local packaging free store. Their costs are actually not too bad, not cheap, but comparable to the grocery store prices.

But theres only ever going to be a limited range there, so like you theres some things you can't reasonably get away from.

Breads a class example, if you pay about double the price of a store bought loaf I can get delicious sourdough, no plastic. Or i can go specifically to a local chain bakery, pay a bit more, but be able to ask for no plastic. Or have the convenience and lower cost of a grocery store. Its a no brainer... unless we are having a weekend treat with the nice bread.

The whole thing is a fuck around though.

My only real hope to press Australia to make a change is a local billionaire, go figure, Andrew Forrest, who's pretty committed to reducing plastics in and around us and the environment, especially the marine environment. But one rich guy does not solve a problem like plastics overuse alone.