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A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] peanutyam@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We already have this in Australia - my local supermarkets are all using electronic pricing labels - you cannot tell if prices have changed and they can literally change them whilst you are in the store - you cannot even tell when something is on special anymore as the large paper tags you used to see have all gone in the name of “saving the environment” - which is absolute garbage considering we are subjected to a grocery store duopoly in Australia who are renowned for price gouging….

[–] ThePrivacyPolicy@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

I've often wondered what the "saving the environment" numbers of these actually look like. Is making and recycling paper shelf labels worse for the environment than a small device that's a mix of plastics and electronics and has a battery that will eventually need replacing? Especially when I consider my local grocery store probably has thousands of these tags, all rolled out overnight one night, that will probably all need replacement batteries at similar intervals too.