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I'm sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. ๐Ÿ™‚

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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah I was googling around and as far as I could tell they must not be harmful if accidentally consumed, but I think can still be made of plastic (which is...weird), and don't need to be compostable:

https://modernfarmer.com/2018/03/little-produce-stickers-are-big-waste-problem/

https://nerc.org/news-and-updates/blog/nerc-blog/2021/11/09/produce-stickers-a-small-but-mighty-problem

I could be wrong though, it's kinda confusing as to the rules.

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