[darkwater]

We bring tupperwares when buying groceries for the meat, ham, cheese, fish etc and even if the cynic might say it's just a "feel good" action, well, I still put a lot of plastics in our recycle bin but we halved it since we started doing that (and some other trick). Yes, it definitely feels good.

[shellfishgene]

I don't think containers that come from the customer are allowed behind the counter here for food safety reasons.

[darkwater]

Here they put a sheet (that they would use anyway) on the scale to separate it physically from the container, and what enters the container doesn't leave it (or goes to the trash).

[upcoming-sesame]

doesn't it add significant weight to the price ?

[darkwater]

They simply adjust the tare weight in the scale and that's it. They do it anyway with their own 1-use plastic boxes or sheets.

[SoftTalker]

I've never seen a meat counter employee re-zero the scale after putting a container or wrap on it. I do occasionally see them reading -0.1oz or something initially, presumably to avoid the need for the employees to zero it out each time they weigh something.

[darkwater]

My feeling is that they have a few presets available for the containers they use, but it totally can be changed to a custom one.