[tachyonbeam]

Either an outright ban, or taxes that gradually increase. However, what's also needed is an alternative that's readily available and not ridiculously overpriced. With produce stickers, I'm actually thinking: are stickers on produce actually useful/necessary? If we really care to tag products, could we just laser engrave them quickly?

[crooked-v]

Food-safe dyes and little airbrush template.

[SimplePeople]

These exist, are in use and have been commercialised.

If you look very closely at the expiry date printed on packaged products you'll often find it's actually laser etched, not printed. It's considerably more reliable and readable, particularity for small fonts.

In terms of used on fruit, see: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jan/16...

[r00fus]

Yeah, laser engraving has become a lot cheaper. However, it can't be mass-produced before the fruit (and labor to engrave is likely to be way more expensive).

[chongli]

Laser engraving produce is not labour intensive at all. It can be done easily by machines on a conveyor belt.