‘Shop like our nan!’ Call for supermarket ban on plastic packaging for fresh goods

Wrap says UK households throw away nearly 100bn pieces of plastic packaging a year but still results in huge amounts of food waste. Photograph: Paul Weston/Alamy

Supermarkets should be banned from selling fresh produce such as bananas, apples and potatoes in plastic packaging so we can go back to shopping “like our nan”, according to the influential anti-waste charity Wrap.

It is calling for the government to ban packaging on 21 fruit and vegetables sold in supermarkets, including salad tomatoes, carrots and avocados, by 2030.