Tesco trials new packaging to reduce food waste

8th February 2012

Tesco is the latest supermarket to trial new packaging that will keep fruit and vegetables fresher, in a bid to reduce food waste. The trail will focus on tomatoes and avocados – produce that triggers the highest wastage in the food industry.

The packaging contains a strip that absorbs ethylene, the hormone that causes fruit to ripen and then turn mouldy. The strip was developed in the UK by It's Fresh Ltd, which says it is 100 times more effective than any similar existing materials.
 

Read the complete article published by Greenwise, 8 February 2012