I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen some better product packaging out there. Some soap companies are offering pump bottle refills in plastic bags (which take less energy to create and recycle than the bottles). Some food companies are using foil and paper instead of plastic and plastic. Some household product companies are foregoing any sort of packaging, opting for a hang-tag rather than a bag or box.
But it’s still easy to find hard clamshell packaging. You know, the kind where you’re likely to injure yourself just trying to get it open. The picture above shows how, after working at this thick, rounded plastic showerhead package with scissors, nearly removing my thumb in the process, I’d given up. My partner had a bright idea: use our reciprocating saw. It worked!
Have you had any run-ins with packaging?
