My rubbish company told me not to throw them into the compost bin; that it’s better to put your peel onto regular rubbish if you can’t get them off.
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hanke@feddit.nu 14 hours ago
How non-organic are those stickers?
What would happen if you just tossed the peel in organic waste with the sticker on?
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
hummingbird@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yup these non removable stickers make the “complete packaging” regular rubbish by definition. Consider a supermarket/brand which uses removable labels.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 13 hours ago
I can’t recall running into paper labels on fruit before, idk where OP lives.
They’re all removable here.
HubertManne@piefed.social 3 hours ago
as said common in usa but I swear I saw a tech to like burn print things with peels to make these unnecessary. Feels like if it worked well enough we should be seeing it by now.
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Ireland
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I usually shop at Aldi, and their brand comes in plastic bags, with no stickers on the fruit. Still not ideal, but at least it’s easily separable.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
They’re non-harmful if you eat them, but They’re also not compostable and need to be removed before being disposed of
NABDad@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Clearly the answer is to eat the sticker.
stephen01king@piefed.zip 7 hours ago
If it’s hard to remove, just eat it along with the peel that is covered by the sticker.
NABDad@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Exactly. The peel is a significant part of the banana. You wouldn’t want to waste it.