• TurtleLife@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        One thing that shocked me about living in Asia was the amount of plastic and individually wrapped fruit…sometimes double or triple-packaged.
        You will even occasionally buy a pack of Oreos and inside the package, each Oreo is individually wrapped. I don’t know why it’s so normal to use so much plastic.

        This was in Singapore btw - the country that’s supposed to be ‘green’ by 2030.

        When Singapore announced it would be getting rid of one-use plastic bags, there was a huge uproar. My colleagues at the time would ask how they are supposed to carry groceries back home. When I mentioned they can bring a reusable bag, they were like “It’s so much trouble to carry bags to the store when they can just provide them!”

        Of course, not everyone had this mentality, but the people against this new policy pretty much said the same word for word.

        Not to mention, there are ZERO composting programs in Singapore. Maybe you can find one mom-and-pop shop that has a compost box where you can bring your waste, but again - most people don’t drive, and bringing your trash on public transport definitely won’t fly.

        I hope they reach the green goal by 2030, but they have a LOT of work to do in the next 6.5 years…

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          1 year ago

          Where do you shop? Every grocery store I go to has bananas of varying ripeness. Many even seperate them out from green to ripe on the stands.

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      1 year ago

      I normally find there are plenty of green and yellow bananas. Grab a few of each and just eat them in slightly non-optimal ripeness. I don’t think you can really gauge a bananas ripeness down to the day anyway.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, this is true. I feel like those would all ripen at about the same time. You can guess pretty well, but they often seem to ripen together.

        Also, they didn’t wrap the stem. Those will ripen quickly, now.

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        1 year ago

        I wonder if they might actually be combining them from different deliveries. IE, they grab an average ripeness one from the Monday delivery, an average ripeness one from the Tuesday delivery etc and by the time the last delivery is added the first one is about ready to eat.