Waste, waste, waste. That’s almost all you ever hear people talking about on the streets and in cafes. Whether it’s wanting to eliminate the use of plastic by replacing straws with pasta in Italy or coming up with new plastic recycling ways, there are all sorts of small steps that we can take to make Planet Earth a cleaner, healthier, greener place to live on.
However, one area where some but not enough progress has been made is in the packaging of certain products. It is mind-boggling how much plastic packaging can be used for even the tiniest things. All to make them look attractive and make us want to buy them. There’s so much packaging that you could almost build a fort out of the trash!
To show you just what we mean, Bored Panda has collected some of the most egregious examples of unnecessary packaging designs found in the dark corners of the internet. So scroll down and upvote the pics that make you fear for the future of the world. Send your pals the link to this list so that they realize what a big problem product packaging is as well. And share any ideas for possible solutions to the waste management crisis in the comments.
Scroll down for Bored Panda’s four interviews on the topic with experts, including with Greenpeace’s Graham Forbes, the Global Project Leader for the Plastic-Free-Future.
“For years, companies have sold people on disability — the notion that we can use something once, for a few minutes, then simply throw it away,” Forbes explained. “The problem is, we know now that there is no such thing as ‘away.’ Less than 10 percent of the plastic waste ever made has actually been recycled, with the vast majority ending up in our oceans, landfills, or incinerated — polluting communities around the globe.” Scroll down for the full in-depth interview.
#1 I Received A Large Package From Amazon Today
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#2 During Their Mating Season, The Masking Tape Must Be Separated To Avoid Unnecessary Violence
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#3 I Love It That Stores Really Care About Making Sure Your Products Arrive In One Piece, However, I Ordered A Candle!
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#4 My Dell Order Of Six Ink Cartridges Arrived Today
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#5 It May Look Like Our Designer Roo Is Hibernating, But This Is Just The Packaging Used To Protect The Eco-Friendly Light Bulbs
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#6 Destroying The Planet One Apple At A Time
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#7 The Packaging Of Lol Dolls
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#8 Gas Station Packaging For One Dose
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#9 This Is How Our Shop Received 700 Disposable Screws. Individually Packaged, With Plastic Thread Protectors
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#10 I Decided To Try Use Less Plastic So I Ordered 4 Re-Usable Straws, This Is The Amount Of Packaging They Came In
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#11 Dear Amazon, Please Explain Why You Need All This Packaging To Send Us Little Label?
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#12 2 Boxes Of Tea… 30+ Feet Of Bubble Wrap
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#13 Amazon, I Don’t Think The Box Was Big Enough
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#14 Excessive Packaging For A Battery I Ordered Online
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#15 My New Insurance Refuses To Pay For Meds I’ve Been On For Years. My Doc Gets Free Samples And Gives Them To Me. This Is The Packaging For 15 Days Of Pills
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#16 Ordered A Bulk Order On Amazon From A Single Seller. They Sent Each Item In Their Own Individual Envelope With Their Own Individual Tracking Number – 50 Items In 50 Envelopes
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#17 I Picked Up Three Months Worth Of Anxiety Medication
Each lot of 28 tablets came in it’s own little tub which came in an individual box each with a set of instructions. I emptied all the separate tubs into one tub and it’s not even full.
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#18 I Love Your Products, Dr. Perricone, But Please Sort Out The Wasteful Packaging
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#19 Today In Excessive Packaging
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#20 This Much Packaging For This Small Of An Eco Friendly Product No Less. This Is Just So Laughably Bad
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#21 All This Non Recyclable Packaging Used To Send Copper Tubing. 20 Envelopes For 20 Pieces When All Could Easily Fit Into One
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#22 Sephora At It Again For A .05oz Concealer
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#23 Oh Good! My Battery Arrived
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#24 50 Feet Of Paper For 1 Bag Of Kitty Litter
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#25 Buddy Bought Two Mini Cast Irons From Amazon
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#26 I Ordered Three Pairs Of Drumsticks From Amazon. They All Showed Up Separately In Boxes Way Bigger Than Necessary
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#27 Amazon… Really?!
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#28 All This Packaging For This Little Item
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#29 “We Want Less Plastic” Plastic Straws Individually Wrapped In Plastic Then Put In A Plastic Bag
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#30 I Ordered A Custom Eyeshadow Palette
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