{"id":20,"date":"2011-02-28T14:45:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T22:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/linds9\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T21:25:09","slug":"20-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/linds9\/20-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dole Bananas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Role in Oil:<\/strong>The banana I consumed was not organic, therefore it used chemicals and fertilizers that use up mass amounts of fossil fuels. The bananas were sent through a factory machine (oil) and washed to create a glistening shine. Luckily, a banana is a whole food and whole foods require far less amounts of fossil fuels because they don’t need to be further processed.<\/p>\n

Delivery: <\/strong>the bananas are grown in most regions of Costa Rica. The transportation of Bananas from Costa Rica to Canada uses mass amounts of fuel and oil. I consider bananas a staple in my life, but realizing that they have to travel so far is absurd. I should look to buy bananas that are from the United States, that why the mass amounts of boat fuel are not used in the delivery (Dole,2011)<\/p>\n

Vancouver BC to Costa Rica- 6000km. aprox.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=costa%20rica%20to%20british%20columbia&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ACGW&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl<\/a><\/p>\n

Packaging:<\/strong>Typically bananas are transported via cardboard boxes. Occasionally (as seen in the video) banana bundles can be packaged in plastic bags. I have always bought my bananas bulk and have never used such packaging.<\/p>\n

All Dole plastic bags are recyleable. Please refer to the link for further information.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/dolecsr.com\/InTheCommunity\/CaseStudies\/EnvironmentalPrograms\/PlasticRecyclingPrograms\/tabid\/584\/Default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Multimedia:<\/strong>\u00a0the links below are interesting videos on the harvesting, packaging and delivery methods of DOLE Bananas<\/p>\n

\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uRPVDzgaIbA&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gduSoLtdqVQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Reference<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dole.com\/#\/home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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