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Next step of the single-use plastics ban: What you need to know (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Here are the changes as of 1 July:

  • The manufacture, sale or distribution of single-use plastic produce bags, plates, bowls, and cutlery will be banned.
  • Single-use plastic straws will be restricted. Some businesses or organisations will still be able to provide them to disabled people and those with health needs.
  • A transition to compostable plastic produce labels by 2025 will begin.

More info at the Ministry for the Environment: https://environment.govt.nz/what-you-can-do/campaigns/bans-on-single-use-and-hard-to-recycle-plastic-items/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking about it the other day when making lunches, but honestly I don't think I would make the fruit bars and muesli bars. I'm not a great food prep/cook type person, and I doubt I'd put in the energy/practice required to get better. It may just come down to not using the boxed and then individually wrapped things like we do currently.

Yeah I haven't seen anything on bringing deli containers, I was just saying it would need to be that way to avoid deli and butcher single use plastics. I bet I could do it at countdown.. they'd just need to tare the scale with my glassware before putting the product in it instead of the plastic bag. I haven't tried.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was thinking about it the other day when making lunches, but honestly I don’t think I would make the fruit bars and muesli bars.

I've done it a few times and to be honest they don't really come out like store bought, I wasn't a fan. I normally do sandwiches, fruit, and something like crackers and cheese or occasionally some chips. My kids have lunch boxes their grandmother got them that have 4 compartments that sort of individually seal, so I can put chopped up kiwifruit in one and chips in another and don't have to worry about them mixing.

I bet I could do it at countdown

I haven't tried in a while, we don't often get deli stuff, but I tried a few times I think about 18 months ago, and it seemed to depend on the staff member. They would consult with each other and sometimes they would say they aren't doing it at the moment and sometimes they would decide it was ok. We are a bit further along the living with COVID path so maybe they would be more likely now.