Snacks
Snack-foods are a global $161bn addiction and growing fastest in Asia. This is bad news for global health, and disastrous for sustainability. In Asia, snack-foods are wrapped in industrial strength single-use plastic, multiple times thicker than anything you will find in Europe or America. The reason is fear of contamination. And the argument is that it assures against poor health and safety standards in the value chain. I don’t believe that Asian packaging is any safer or more tamper-proof than thinner packaging in the West. But perception is reality. Let’s spend some of that advertising money on educating consumers.
— Wayne Visser
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