Walmart is America’s largest grocer — and a big source of plastic waste

Source: https://pirg.org/articles/walmart-is-americas-largest-grocer-and-a-big-source-of-plastic-waste/

Author: Faye Park

Every time you run to the grocery store, it can feel like you’re coming home with more and more plastic.  That pasta in a plastic bag that you could swear used to come in a cardboard box. The head of lettuce shrinkwrapped in plastic film. The berries in a plastic clamshell instead of a quart-sized cardboard basket. Our reliance on plastic packaging is a growing problem — and it’s fueling our country’s plastic waste crisis.