About the waste
Bakers & Bananas focuses on bananas that get rejected long before they reach the supermarket. This can happen in European ports or earlier in the supply chain. The reasons are often cosmetic or logistical: bananas that are too small, too large, too green, too ripe, or simply not matching the expected standard. Even though they are perfectly edible, these bananas are often destroyed immediately after rejection. On a large scale, this creates a steady flow of waste that rarely becomes visible to consumers.
