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Packaging and Food Waste: Martin Heller

In this segment, Martin and Benjamin talk about the trade-offs between food waste and food packaging, and individual consumers can do about it.

Many of us would like to reduce the amount of food waste that occurs in our food systems, while also reducing the amount of plastic packaging that goes into transporting and protecting our food. In this segment, Martin and Benjamin talk about the trade-offs between food waste and food packaging, and what we, as individual consumers, can do about it.

Discussion: What are some examples of material resources that are used to make your food? How does producing the food impact the environment?

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