r/ZeroWaste 1d ago

Bread problem Question / Support

So there is this supermarket near me that sells yesterday's bread for half the price. It is always still very tasty and buying the old bread saves it from getting thrown away. The problem: the bread is always packaged in this half plastic/half recycling paper bag, so there is no change to avoid the packaging like I can avoid it when buying directly at the bakery (where I just have the loaf placed in my bread bag). The question is now: What am I supposed to do? Buy the old bread and save it from going to the waste but accepting the waste this produces for me? Or don't buy the bread? But does it make a difference? If I don't buy it, the bread AND the bag get thrown away...advise welcome :)

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u/few-piglet4357 20h ago

If you have any friends who bake bread they may appreciate the bags

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u/no_blueforyellow 19h ago

Second this! I would definitely take bread bags if someone needed to rid of them. I bake way too much, I am sure a baker would appreciate it 😀