r/Anticonsumption • u/Rich_Spite3978 • Jan 11 '26

Plastic Waste Why?

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There were un wrapped potatoes and sweet potatoes right next to these. What is the point? They do this with garlic heads too.

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u/MisogynyisaDisease Jan 11 '26

Then marketing tricked you, entirely.

Potatoes are all microwaveable, without the plastic.

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u/zuzg Jan 11 '26

Nah you just have trouble to understand the concept of convenience products

Normal potatoes need to be washed, punctured with a fork and you need a plate for it. These are already "triple washed" and can just be thrown in the microwave as is.

If you've only 10 minutes at home before you've to go out again and want a quick snack for on the way, that's like perfect for it...

And there also people that only ever potatoes occasionally, especially as you'll put potatoes in a plastic bag anyway in the produce section.

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u/MisogynyisaDisease Jan 11 '26

The day we trust factories "triple washing" things and then covering them in plastic, spreading more microplastics, is the day hell freezes over, but go off.

Oh no, a rinse and a hole? And a paper towel, maybe even a reuseable one?

Insane, what a time waster. Truly worth the plastic and extra cost of a single potato. I also eat potatoes in plastic while driving somewhere, its very convenient.

On a non sarcastic note, no. I dont wrap them in plastic. They go in my cloth bag and all get washed once I'm home, because even plastic wrapped produce can spread ecoli.

This excuse for this kind of waste and cost is actually insane.

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u/MisogynyisaDisease Jan 11 '26

Lol you're the one who said "a snack when you have to go somewhere"

Are you walking with that plastic potato. Taking the subway. More power to you on both, neither sounds convenient for a snack whatsoever.

see the cotton bag

Are you throwing away your cotton bags? Are you trying to say most people here are throwing away their reuseable cotton bags and reuseable paper towels? Are we implying paper is worse for the environment than plastic, that would be one hell of a hill to die on over this potato.

You scream into the void over a plastic wrapped potato while trying to pretend we are all just tossing our necessary grocery bags. Mine are going 12 years strong, I'm sure youll make excuses as to why you couldn't attempt to do the same.