Comments on: Little Plastic Fruit Label Stickers: Another Source of Water Pollution

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:34:06 +0000

yikes! typo that should have been peel. oh well.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:31:44 +0000

Here is the email that I sent to the source of most of my fruit labels

Yesterday, I was munching on a delicious Jonagold apple from Viva Tierra (94147) while catching up on the reading of my favorite blog. The June 3, 2011 post is all about how the little plastic fruit stickers plague our water treatment facilities. http://myplasticfreelife.com/2011/06/little-plastic-fruit-label-stickers-another-source-of-water-pollution/

It would be super if Viva Tierra and CF Fresh used stickers that were less hazardous to our waterways. I certainly would prefer to peal paper stickers than plastic stickers from my fruits and veggies. If those stickers could be made from post-consumer recycled paper that would be even better.

I will post the response when/if it arrives.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:24:33 +0000

Frank, you mean someone actually collects these dreadful little labels? However I note he’s in Germany so I’m not going to be paying 90cents postage to send them there and also his labels look like artworks, whereas the ones I get are very dull. Thanks for the link anyway.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:38:37 +0000

Dear anti-plastic-fans, you may be interested in disposing off your unwanted fruitlabels most environment friendly by donating them to a fruitlabel collector…

http://fruitlabel.de/

:-))

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:30:50 +0000

I save mine and put them on waxed paper and send to a friend of a friend who creates art with them. at least they are repurposed and the pieces turn out really cool! not sure about the glue but could use for a fun project with kids…?

By: Jeri Walker

Jeri Walker — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:51:36 +0000

In reading all of these comments, I found myself nodding and saying, “Yep” to most of them. I find them in my compost bin all the time, and I live alone! I can’t imagine how many I would have if I still had kids in the house! Annoying. I don’t have a garbage disposal, so no problem there.

By: trashmaster46

trashmaster46 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:40:25 +0000

While I in no way am defending the use of the little stickers on fruits & veggies, I did find something that makes removing them a little more fun. An “apple a day” (or other fruits & vegs) calendar for putting the stickers on. http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/kitchen-art/kitchen-calendar-an-apple-a-day-poster-073382 Kinda cute.

By: Harold Johnson

Harold Johnson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:38:17 +0000

I was tilling the soil in my condo garden plot in early spring, and what popped up? A sticker from a cantaloupe. Someone had plopped the cantaloupe rind into the composter last year or the year before; I transferred it to my soil last fall; it overwintered, and came up looking just like new. I also find these dumb stickers at the beach almost every week in the summer. Found one just today. Hate them.

By: Lori Popkewitz Alper

Lori Popkewitz Alper — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:27:35 +0000

I HATE those little stickers. The plastic sticker, the adhesive and the time spent scraping off the remains of the adhesive make me crazy. I also find them stuck in random places all over my house thanks to my kids. There must be a better way.

By: 'Becca

'Becca — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:13:05 +0000

You inspired me to spread the news about fruit stickers and poisonous glues! Thanks for the information! I had always been annoyed by the fruit stickers making holes in my fruit and trashing up my compost, but I never realized they were a water pollution hazard.