I’ve talked again and again about how to avoid the whole paper or plastic quandary by bringing your own canvas bags for packing your groceries and by choosing to recycle as much plastic as possible. But I’ve never really stopped to think about how many items in the grocery store–from the obvious plastic bags to the way the butcher wraps freshly cut meat–contribute to our collective plastic consumption.

For an eye-opening look at just how plastic food shopping can me, check out this post from Fake Plastic Fish: Store Report: Struggling with plastic at Safeway