UK supermarkets must stop packaging fruit and vegetables in single-use plastic, in order to help reduce climate change, and secure the future of our children. 

According to Greenpeace UK and the Environmental Investigation Agency, UK supermarkets produced 896,853 tonnes of plastic packaging in 2019 - roughly the equivalent of the Eiffel Tower.

This is a disturbing amount of unnecessary waste and a burden on the planet. There seems to be no clear reason why supermarkets continue to choose to package their fruit and vegetables in plastic. Reversing this packaging option, and helping the planet, is simple and easy to remedy. 

All supermarkets should stop their use of plastic packaging on fruit and vegetables now. Future generations depend on it.

From two concerned school girls.