19 Oct 2021 --- The French government will ban plastic packaging for fruits and vegetables weighing less than 1.5 kg from January 2022, according to a recent law passed by the country’s Economy, Ecological Transition, Agriculture and Food ministry. “We use an outrageous amount of single-use plastic in our daily lives,” remarks the ministry in a statement. It is expected the ban will save up to one billion pieces of “useless packaging” per year. Currently, around 37% of fruits and vegetables in France are packaged “unnecessarily.”
