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Laser-etching being tested as an alternative to plastic stickers as part of attempts to cut wasteTesco is testing the etching or “tattooing” of avocados as a way to cut out the millions of plastic stickers used to label them.The retailer said is was working with a fruit supplier, Westphalia, to scrap barcode stickers currently used on its extra large avocados and replace them with a laser etching, in a trial launched this month. Continue reading…
Laser-etching being tested as an alternative to plastic stickers as part of attempts to cut waste
Tesco is testing the etching or “tattooing” of avocados as a way to cut out the millions of plastic stickers used to label them.
The retailer said is was working with a fruit supplier, Westphalia, to scrap barcode stickers currently used on its extra large avocados and replace them with a laser etching, in a trial launched this month.
