I recently found lemon juice in a green glass bottle – that I hadn’t found in the store before. Previously I had made a special shopping trip to a store than carried a brand of lemon juice in glass, so this new development has eliminated that special shopping trip. I like the shape and color of this packaging too.

Perhaps it is an indicator that retailers/manufacturers are beginning to get the idea that food – particularly acidic or fatty foods – should not be in plastic. The lemon juice is organic too! The distributor is in the US, but the label clearly says that it is a Product of Italy. Does that mean it might have a 10% tariff on it? Why aren’t US distributors and manufacturers more engaged in the transition to better packaging?

On another front – I am slowly using up tea bags that might have plastic fibers in them. From now on, I will cut the bags open and dump the leaves in the pot. That will eliminate the burst of microplastics from the fibers when they are exposed to heat…but it is messy too since the tea leaves in the bags are so powdery; I will use a metal strainer, but it will probably will not catch them all.

It’s always challenging to really eliminate sources of microplastics!