[thowfaraway]

"Meat and dairy comes in plastic wrap or bottles."

I kind feel like if your butcher doesn't use butcher paper, you aren't really going to a butcher but a meat department at a grocery store.

[abdullahkhalids]

I go to an independent locally-run "meat shop" as they call it. Thy do use butcher paper, but then put the whole thing in a plastic bag to prevent leakage.

I haven't actually asked them if I can bring my own container. Maybe they will be open to it.

[woodruffw]

Probably depends on the product. My local butcher sells most things wrapped in paper, but sausages come in a plastic bag (I have no idea why).

[logimus]

Do you really think paper is more sustainable? In my place they burn the rubbish and paper even if recycled is more questionable.

[aziaziazi]

Paper comes from trees that extract carbon from air. Trees have a lifecycle wayyyyyy shorter that oil so when you use paper you’re on a ~50y removable scale which is more human manageable that the oil one.

[logimus]

Takes oil and other non renewable to cut it and process. Plastic is more or less a side product of the oil industry. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/sustainabl...

[woodruffw]

I didn't state a position on that. I only said my butcher uses both.