France: plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables banned

The most delicate products such as mushrooms, strawberries and raspberries are exempted, for which there will be time until 2026

In France, from 1 January 2022, about thirty fresh fruit and vegetables can no longer be sold in plastic packaging. Distributors say they are ready, horticulturists and producers a little less. Therefore, according to the new measure on the shelves of large-scale distribution, these products will have to be sold loose or in alternative containers (cardboard or paper), and this should make it possible to eliminate about 1 billion unnecessary packaging per year as estimated by the Paris government.