It’s among the most severe problems threatening the future of our planet. Plastics pollution has emerged as an environmental hazard of truly epic proportions. One need only to look around to see ugly pieces of plastic trash along roadsides and errant plastic bags clinging to bushes and trees even in well-kept city parks.

The oceans are reeling under literally billions of tons of plastic, some of it forming “mini-plastic continents” that are twice the size of the state of Texas.

Grocery stores are significant generators of plastic waste. Ever since “paper or plastic?” became a familiar phrase starting in 1979, the use of plastics for carrying out groceries, wrapping fruits and vegetables, and storing thousands of other products has exploded exponentially. For example, in the U.K. alone, take-out lunches account for 11 billion plastic waste items every year.

While it has all been convenient, the environmental price for plastics has come due.

Grocery stores are scrambling to limit the use of plastic throughout their operations. It’s an enormous undertaking because heavy use of plastics has become deeply ingrained in just about every aspect of selling food.

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