Food wrapping overload

Have you ever stopped to think about why the bunches of bananas you buy in the supermarket are inside a plastic bag? Or if this is necessary?

Have you ever stopped to think about why the bunches of bananas you buy in the supermarket are inside a plastic bag? Or if this is necessary?  

Many people justify this wrapping by hygiene, but if you think about it, to eat that banana, you must remove the peel, so the plastic is unnecessary. 

In fact, in many developing countries, it is common to find unwrapped fruit and vegetables in supermarkets because they are charged by weight.

Reporter Natalia Sosa Rojas comes from Colombia and decided to investigate the difference between her home country and the UK:

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