There are many interesting and odd things to be found off the shores of the dying Salton Sea in southern California but maybe one of the most unique is the International Banana Museum. Recently transplanted from Culver City, the museum occupies a squat building on the side of the…
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This is the latest from Del Monte, individually packaged bananas. They’re apparently recyclable, and will eventually be made biodegradable. However, I couldn’t help but notice that bananas already have a compostable wrapper, ie the peel.
The reason for this… longer shelf life. The problem with this… it flies in the face of recent production trends pertaining to the environment. They are claiming that this new product will result in fewer deliveries because of the longer shelf life, but I’d be surprised if they didn’t end up shipping more product to new sectors that they could not previously cater to (ex vending machines). Also, the fact we can recycle the wrapper is of little help because of the footprint that recycling produces, not to mention the extra impact resulting from the production of said wrapper.
A company as big as Del Monte should have come up with a better solution than this.
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