France has enforced a new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables from January 1.
Following this law, cucumbers, lemons and oranges are among the 30 varieties that have been banned from being wrapped in plastic.
Larger packs as well as chopped or processed fruit will be exempt.
Calling the decision a real revolution, President Emmanuel Macron said it showed the country’s commitment to phase out single use plastics by 2040.
In a statement announcing the new law, the Environment Ministry said that France uses an “outrageous amount” of single use plastics and that the new ban “aims at cutting back the use of throwaway plastic and boost its substitution by other materials or reusable and recyclable packaging”.