Plastic Vs Organic
(Okay…the picture is NOT how I buy eggs. Who is eating this many deviled eggs that they need a special carrying case? Talk about expendable income.) Enough mocking other people’s egg eatery habits….. can someone please tell me why it is impossible to find organic eggs not in plastic? Many of the organic egg companies use recycled plastic in their packaging, which is great, but…….the plastic itself is not recyclable here in NY and in many other states. It isn’t as if a crack team of scientists need to be employed on this one. It is called a recycled/recyclable paper carton. My CSA doesn’t currently do the egg thing for summer, but they’re working on getting a local chicken farmer to come on distribution day. In the meantime, I must get my eggs the old fashion way…from a giant megalomart.
Really? My organic eggs come in a regular old egg carton from Trader Joe’s….
Can you buy them at a farmers’ market and bring your own case?
Trader Joe’s Organic eggs are in plastic at our store. Their non-organic eggs are in paper. Don’t figure.
You know what? I bet it’s because the organic eggs are coming from farms in California so they keep them in plastic so they keep better on their journey! That’s my answer anyway.
Yeah. Have they started wrapping your organic bananas in plastic too? WTF? Is that $0.10 per pound difference gonna make or break the store if someone swaps the stickers?!?!?
Arduous-It could be. Although… eggs we’ve got. We may not have a lot of fancy CA produce, but we have a chicken or two in these here parts. I would think they could find an east coast distributor/source. I guess I could actually do the smart thing and call them, but then what fun would be in that?
Erin- Yes! In Stop & Shop on Monday I was faced with the agonizing decision of organic bananas in plastic or nudey non-organic bananas. I won’t leave you in suspense….I went organic in plastic. My rule is if it is on the big 5 list for chemicals OR my kids eat it everyday, which they do, I go organic over all else. But you’re right….who is scamming the banana man out of his nickle?