Without getting into the vagaries and lack of legal definition of the word, I just want to point out that I just cooked up some delicious broccoli and got frustrated: wrapped around the stalks was this tag:
It’s a yellow elastic band with a card attached. At least the card is recyclable. I doubt the elastic is.
So, between the plastic bag used to put the broccoli in at the grocery store and the elastic tag used to hold the stalks together, that’s quite a bit to send to the landfill for a little bit of broccoli.
This kind of thing makes me shake my head and sigh. Is organic now just another buzzword?