Stop Packaging Local Fruit in Plastic Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-packaging-local-fruit-in-plastic.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:41 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #950] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11151986?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:50:17 UTC 11151986 Mr Andres Lopez-Hoyos [Signature #949] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11015466?utm_medium=rss please stop the plastic boxes

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:02:32 UTC 11015466 Caroline John [Signature #948] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11002728?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:09:50 UTC 11002728 Anonymous [Signature #947] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10956979?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:48:08 UTC 10956979 Ms Bettina Henkelman [Signature #946] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10955493?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:49:32 UTC 10955493 Marie Claire Brisbois [Signature #945] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10955383?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:21:03 UTC 10955383 Diane Beckett [Signature #944] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10955338?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:11:07 UTC 10955338 Emily Rideout [Signature #943] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10955280?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:56:22 UTC 10955280 Liz Bernstein [Signature #942] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10954931?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:40:53 UTC 10954931 Ms Tiffany Templeton [Signature #941] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10954167?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:10:53 UTC 10954167 Ms Sabrina Bowman [Signature #940] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10954142?utm_medium=rss Please reconsider how you package this fruit. I know you want to protect it, but it's extremely wasteful and a disincentive to buy local.

]]> Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:04:38 UTC 10954142 Anthea Zacharatos [Signature #939] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10953939?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Aug 2011 05:51:49 UTC 10953939 Celeste Côté [Signature #938] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10953018?utm_medium=rss I want to support local farmers and eat healthy without negatively impacting the planet! Please, food producers, don't package your things in plastic, there are many alternative materials out there!

]]> Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:52:31 UTC 10953018 Caitlin Burge [Signature #937] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10952096?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Aug 2011 05:23:32 UTC 10952096 Natalie Malek [Signature #936] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10917706?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:57:10 UTC 10917706 Anonymous [Signature #935] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10760252?utm_medium=rss We must reduce our plastic consumption and we need merchants and retailers on board!

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:50:25 UTC 10760252 Fran Slingerland [Signature #934] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10732387?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:27:01 UTC 10732387 Nancy Stevens [Signature #933] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10728351?utm_medium=rss There is an overwhelming amount of evidence linking the use of plastics to harmful health effects. We have many options that allow for the use of low-impact, sustainable-sourced products.

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:47:32 UTC 10728351 Amy Bell [Signature #932] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10726073?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:40:12 UTC 10726073 Jaclyn Jacobs [Signature #931] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10723856?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:04:24 UTC 10723856 joeann argue [Signature #930] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10723714?utm_medium=rss This is a terribly wasteful practice on so many levels. It also increases the cost of the fruit at a time when people need greater access to fresh foods, not less.

]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:28:57 UTC 10723714 Ms Elizabeth Fennell [Signature #929] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10723036?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:50:25 UTC 10723036 Ms Malissa Farnham [Signature #928] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10723024?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:46:28 UTC 10723024 Leah Simms-Karp [Signature #927] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10723005?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:43:28 UTC 10723005 Jennifer Calhoun [Signature #926] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10706888?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:58:02 UTC 10706888 Ms Ashley Thibaudeau [Signature #925] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10661035?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:22:04 UTC 10661035 Ms. Cristina Popa [Signature #924] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10657134?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:03:25 UTC 10657134 Karen Mount [Signature #923] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10644274?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jun 2011 04:30:02 UTC 10644274 Mr Sacha Penner [Signature #922] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10615154?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:31:48 UTC 10615154 Mrs. Karen Fee [Signature #921] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10560907?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 May 2011 01:58:03 UTC 10560907 Ms Melissa MacLean [Signature #920] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10535866?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 11:42:04 UTC 10535866 Lori Taverner [Signature #919] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10530359?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 05:19:13 UTC 10530359 Catherine Montgomery [Signature #918] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10520432?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 06:12:33 UTC 10520432 mrs. bonnie gunter [Signature #917] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10518936?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 03:11:55 UTC 10518936 Ms Jennifer Swan [Signature #916] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10516644?utm_medium=rss I will not buy any produce from the Loblaws chain of stores until this practice changes. I have also posted this petition on Facebook and encouraged others to sign.

]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 11:55:14 UTC 10516644 Zanoni Agnew [Signature #915] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10508107?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 08:31:02 UTC 10508107 Ms Robin Hodgson [Signature #914] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10507746?utm_medium=rss I will not buy any produce from the Loblaws chain of stores until this practice changes. I have also posted this petition on Facebook and encouraged others to sign.

]]> Sat, 21 May 2011 07:16:49 UTC 10507746 MARGARET BROWN [Signature #913] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10386787?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 02:21:56 UTC 10386787 cassandra ellen [Signature #912] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10384592?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 10:31:37 UTC 10384592 Melissa Goldstein [Signature #911] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10384213?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 09:47:19 UTC 10384213 Tasos Servos [Signature #910] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10383247?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 08:00:32 UTC 10383247 Karen Pearson [Signature #909] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10383005?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 07:29:04 UTC 10383005 ms Patricia Morris [Signature #908] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10379242?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 08:12:15 UTC 10379242 Donna Outtrim [Signature #907] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10379224?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 08:09:16 UTC 10379224 Ms Eva Lamb [Signature #906] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10379190?utm_medium=rss We need to reduce all plastics where possible.

]]> Tue, 3 May 2011 08:03:08 UTC 10379190 Ms. Deborah Torr [Signature #905] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10378846?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 07:08:49 UTC 10378846 Ms. Catherine Arms-Roberts [Signature #904] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10378832?utm_medium=rss Plastic clamshells are unnecessary. Even if they were recyclable in my area, I wouldn't use them. It is outrageous that people who want to help the environment and purchase locally grown foods should be pushed away from such purchases by the packaging.

]]> Tue, 3 May 2011 07:06:38 UTC 10378832 Jo-Anne Harris [Signature #903] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10378645?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 06:33:01 UTC 10378645 Mrs Shirley Fairley [Signature #902] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10377872?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 04:46:58 UTC 10377872 Ms Sen-Mei Lim [Signature #901] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10377606?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 04:18:03 UTC 10377606 Anonymous [Signature #900] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10377417?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 04:00:02 UTC 10377417 Ruth Bonk [Signature #899] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10374238?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 11:23:14 UTC 10374238 Heather Stock [Signature #898] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10348332?utm_medium=rss No plastic clam shell containers please! They are not recyclable in the Peel Region.

]]> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:22:49 UTC 10348332 Ms Zaineb Al-kutoby [Signature #897] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10328937?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:01:49 UTC 10328937 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #896] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10320829?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:47:04 UTC 10320829 Ms Christina Driedger [Signature #895] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10319600?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:34:29 UTC 10319600 Ms. Andrea Peloso [Signature #894] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10315655?utm_medium=rss And not just with fruit! Bottled Water, containers for dental floss...

]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:27:54 UTC 10315655 Michelle Lapierre [Signature #893] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10269888?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:32:03 UTC 10269888 Tyler Docker [Signature #892] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10267105?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:32:14 UTC 10267105 Kristen s [Signature #891] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10266675?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:33:25 UTC 10266675 Julie Gourley [Signature #890] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10266524?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:17:53 UTC 10266524 Denise Chadala [Signature #889] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10255901?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:49:39 UTC 10255901 Ms Andrea Fox [Signature #888] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10247234?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:01:03 UTC 10247234 Gillian Keefe [Signature #887] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10244667?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:33:28 UTC 10244667 Nikki Reklitis [Signature #886] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10219115?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:33:26 UTC 10219115 Diane Beckett [Signature #885] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10180309?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2011 10:03:27 UTC 10180309 Donna Silver [Signature #884] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10175388?utm_medium=rss Many stores provide paper bags for mushrooms, bread and so on. If the rationale for packaging is related to quantity or weight, paper trays could be used with see-though corn-based cellulose is an acceptable alternative which organic grocers seem to be able to use quite easily.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:10:56 UTC 10175388 Sandy McIntyre [Signature #883] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10171460?utm_medium=rss Please stop selling us produce in plastic. Recyclable cardboard containers are preferred (made with 100% recycled fibres). Most cities won't accept the plastic for recycling.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:58:23 UTC 10171460 Mr. Craig Beare [Signature #882] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10150427?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2011 06:44:25 UTC 10150427 Ms Darci Lombard [Signature #881] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10127164?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:12:54 UTC 10127164 Scott Langley [Signature #880] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125168?utm_medium=rss Simply put, in most cases any such packaging is completely unnecessary and therefore a costly waste in all accounts. It's kind of like putting your bananas in one of those small clear produce bags at the grocery store. It's unnecessary consumption.

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:08:32 UTC 10125168 Anthony Leaning [Signature #879] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10077211?utm_medium=rss Our household no longer buys food from plastic clam shell containers including fruit, vegetables, cookies, cakes. We will look for alternatives first within the store and then at another store. Most of our food shopping is at Loblaws. We actively encourage our friends to do the same.

]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:26:25 UTC 10077211 Rebecca Aird [Signature #878] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10069435?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:39:23 UTC 10069435 Catherine Owen [Signature #877] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10060976?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:58:33 UTC 10060976 Jenn MacLaurin [Signature #876] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10028683?utm_medium=rss I hate that so much fruit is packaged in clamshells! I do my best to avoid buying these products. Was sad to see that even the local fruit this past summer (plums, peaches, etc) was packaged in plastic. Bought my produce from a farmer's market or grocery stores that didn't package in clamshells.

]]> Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:38:34 UTC 10028683 Ms. Laura Sevigny [Signature #875] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10015279?utm_medium=rss We need to reduce plastic waste!!

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:17:16 UTC 10015279 Lia Aurelia Aiello [Signature #874] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9997050?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:12:42 UTC 9997050 nathalie rodrigue [Signature #873] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9996216?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:23:47 UTC 9996216 Alexandra McNicoll [Signature #872] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9993969?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:54:59 UTC 9993969 Mr Tom Morris [Signature #871] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9973028?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:58:48 UTC 9973028 Ms Shauna Lynch [Signature #870] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9970078?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:17:35 UTC 9970078 Andrea Munroe [Signature #869] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9960874?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:30:15 UTC 9960874 Mrs Shannon Barkhouse [Signature #868] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9958099?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:07:55 UTC 9958099 Ms Jennifer MacKie [Signature #867] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9958019?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:54:43 UTC 9958019 Donald Kerr [Signature #866] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9957838?utm_medium=rss Plastic fruit containers are voluminous, wasteful and pervasive in the environment.

I will always choose to buy peaches and other fruit in containers made from biodegradable materials.

Please stop using plastic clamshell containers as packaging for fresh fruit!

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:17:31 UTC 9957838 Mr Colin Mackenzie [Signature #865] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9944153?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:54:41 UTC 9944153 Mary Bracken [Signature #864] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9935789?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:36:50 UTC 9935789 Ms Christine Livet [Signature #863] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9930064?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:15 UTC 9930064 Manuel Costa [Signature #862] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9876820?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 03:51:38 UTC 9876820 Mr. brian tansey [Signature #861] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9875280?utm_medium=rss in Canada its the Provinces that ought to be getting together to contain the spread of plastic esp. in packaging of consumer goods; the Federation of Canadian Municipaliies ogut to get this on their to do list too

]]> Mon, 7 Mar 2011 02:27:15 UTC 9875280 Anonymous [Signature #860] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9837063?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 03:12:16 UTC 9837063 Ms Natalie Charron [Signature #859] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9833890?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:42:09 UTC 9833890 Ms Emily Tait [Signature #858] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9833464?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:52:17 UTC 9833464 K Green [Signature #857] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827712?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:53:43 UTC 9827712 Jacomyn Gerbrandy [Signature #856] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9805335?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:05:57 UTC 9805335 Ms Meagan Gage [Signature #855] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9803093?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:28:01 UTC 9803093 Erin Krekoski [Signature #854] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9802045?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:12:19 UTC 9802045 Erin O'Manique [Signature #853] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9801594?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:06:57 UTC 9801594 Jan Meldrum [Signature #852] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9795653?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:06:45 UTC 9795653 Anonymous [Signature #851] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9793694?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:28:54 UTC 9793694