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> Everything you see in the supermarket is garbage - one what is in it has been consumed

Only when you buy junk, which I assert is not actually food anyway.

Stick the outside and you'll buy fruit, vegetables, meat, beans, rice and pasta.

You can put all of those into re-usable bags or containers and buy everything you need to eat very healthy meals with no waste at all.

If it comes in a shiny plastic package, plastic bottle or tin can, you shouldn't be eating it anyway (in general)

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Do you carry chicken breasts uncovered in your cloth bag or do you just carry them in your bare hands?

You can bring a container that they can weigh and use like a Mason jar.

I live between two major supermarkets, and neither of them provide any way for me to do this. All the meat in both is pre packaged (in store) before it hits the shelf. If you go to the butcher counter, they will package it in front of you.

But this is something which could be changed.

AS far as I know, meat MUST be labeled, which kind of necessitates a container for the label to affix to.

They can just use ... butcher paper.

I'm pretty certain you can't recycle waxed butcher paper.

The UPC revolution is entirely against this - i.e. you are directly opposing the last 40 years of supermarket evolution. Good luck with that.

(remember, Walmart won't even carry products without UPCs, and this is nothing new - as of the 80s)

We have a shop called Nude Foods [1] in Cape Town that is setup like that. They unfortunately don't do meat, but most everything else is covered.

[1] http://nudefoods.co.za/

Idk mate, I just kill my own chickens. /S

> If it comes in a shiny plastic package, plastic bottle or tin can, you shouldn't be eating it anyway (in general)

This is a stupid assertion. Plenty of healthy food comes in shiny plastic packages, plastic bottles, or tin cans. You're essentially just shaming people for wanting more convenient food options.

Unfortunately, I've never seen unpacked pasta or rice around here. Beans yes, but only a few types (e.g. no lentils).

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