Food packaging waste equals to about one-third of all trash, costing governments billions of dollars each year in disposal expenses. Bored Panda has collected a set of images, proving this huge plastic waste contributor to the global waste crisis could be reduced significantly.
Product packaging solutions often become the subjects of heated debates. While the eco-minded consumers want it to be as minimal as possible (meaning fully recyclable), manufacturers often fire back that they don’t want their products to start decomposing in the store or become an easy target to shoplifters and put many layers of wasteful and entirely unnecessary plastic wrapping. And while some of their arguments have reasons behind them, a lot of the time the amount of plastic wrap is needlessly excessive. Do we need a pill to be wrapped in three layers of plastic? Or, better yet, casings for coke cans?
Now, we do agree that a zero waste life can be quite challenging to lead sometimes, but it is something we should all aspire to if we don’t want to evacuate from our planet Earth in the near future.
Scroll down to learn why we need to rethink packaging and vote for the worst or most ridiculous images!
#1 If Only Nature Would Find A Way To Cover These Oranges So We Didn’t Need To Waste So Much Plastic On Them
Image source: awlilnatty
#2 Individually Packaged Coke Cans
Image source: Bri An
#3 If Only Bananas Had Robust, Natural, Bio-Degradable Packaging Of Their Own. Some Sort Of Peelable Skin, Perhaps
Image source: thenamenononehas
#4 The Amount Of Packaging For This One Single Pill
Image source: Neglected_Martian
#5 7ft Of Air Packaging To Protect The Socks
Image source: DeLaNate
#6 This Is Just Plain Ridiculous
Image source: ProperEllipsis
#7 Amazon, I Don’t Think The Box Was Big Enough
Image source: cakalusa
#8 I Ordered 5lbs Of Sugar Free Jelly Belly’s Online… They Arrived Individually Wrapped! Why?
Image source: betterdayzahead
#9 New Laptop Came With Anti-Virus Program. I Only Needed The Security Key Code Underneath A Sticker On The Bar Code. A Huge Waste Of Plastic
Image source: BirdNerdthe3rd
#10 Single Wrapped Potatoes
Image source: wmyeoh
#11 Individually Packaged Slices Of Bread
Image source: SaveLakeCanton
#12 Ridiculously Redundant Over-Packaging
Image source: NYhook
#13 This Peeled Avocado
Image source: Christine Kizik
#14 A Tic Tac Novelty Box That Has 60 Individual Boxes Each With 6 Tic Tacs… So Much Plastic
Image source: Woody1992
#15 This Knife Is Far Too Small For The Packaging
Image source: ferlorn
#16 Amazon Sent My Bubble Wrap Wrapped In Paper
Image source: gtbuzztim
#17 Pre-Peeled Bananas Wrapped In Plastic
Image source: BILLA
#18 So Much Waste
Image source: tommiedineen
#19 These Organic Oranges Individually Wrapped In Plastic
Image source: Hockeytruck87
#20 What On Earth
Image source: pointless_packaging
#21 Less Waste They Say
Image source: stuartgibson
#22 This Is Some Next Level Laziness
Image source: goldfishstick
#23 This SATA Packaging
Image source: doodledance
#24 This Is Ridiculous
Image source: nelsons777
#25 There’s Silly Amazon Packaging But Then There’s This
Image source: wargy2
#26 If There’s One Thing The World Needs It’s More Disposable Plastic Packaging
Image source: radioactivecowz
#27 Amazon Used Protective Packaging To Ship My Protective Packaging
Image source: davedawg2000
#28 These Individually Wrapped Premium Strawberries
Image source: hiroyamatomoko
#29 I Purchased A Pallet At Work And It Arrived Today
Image source: xconverge
#30 So Much Wasted Plastic
Image source: Nice_Sandwich
#31 Opening A Box Of M&M’s To Find A Bag Of M&M’s
Image source: Caesar100
#32 These Gloves Must Be So Fragile…
Image source: golflife
#33 Harry & David Strawberries
Image source: jiyolivewell
#34 Saving The Planet With 500% More Packaging
Image source: reddit.com
#35 Does Anyone (Besides Me) Think It’s Odd That These Organic Free-Range Eggs Come In A Plastic Container Rather Than An Environmentally Friendly Recycled Paper One?
Image source: tazgirl196
#36 Inside This 30 X 30 X30 Cm Box From Sun Was Another Box. Inside That, Was Another Box. Inside That Was Some Foam And An Antistatic Strap + Bag… Inside That? A Cr2302 Battery, About The Size Of An Australian 10c Coin
Image source: Alex Dawson
#37 Festive Potatoes. Just Gonna Leave This One Here
Image source: claRED_8
#38 They Sent Me This Tiny Micro SD Card (Red Thing On The Bottom Right) In This Huge Package. What A Waste Of Plastic
Image source: SnookiWookieCookie
#39 Dear Amazon Packaging Dept, You May Have Gone A Bit Overboard On Protecting This Burt’s Bees Lotion. I’m Not Sure That This Size Box Or This Amount Of Protection Was Needed, But Thanks For Being Over Cautious
Image source: Lewisbl11
#40 Pointless Packaging
Image source: Kieran_Aspden
#41 No One Wants To Avocuddle With This Much Plastic
Image source: pointlesspack
#42 Why Are There So Many Wrapper Layers? I Just Want To Eat Some Candy
Image source: elikessler
#43 Impressive
Image source: imgur.com
#44 Banana In A Bag
Image source: ceyyceyy
#45 All This Packaging For A Single Mango
Image source: AmyW_
#46 Costco Packaging Is Absurdly Huge
Image source: congratsyoucanread
#47 Unnecessary Packaging
Image source: betinakittycat
#48 If Only Garlic Had A Natural, Biodegradable Casing Instead Of Plastic
Image source: AyeOhEwe
#49 How Extra Do You Need To Be To Buy Individual Shallot And Garlic Bulbs In Boxes Instead Of Loose?
Image source: itsfelyn
#50 What’s The Point Of This?
Image source: CobainSchofield
#51 This Nerds Easter Egg Contains A Single Box Of Nerds
Image source: Super_Smol
#52 Gummy Bear Cup
Image source: Ethandrzb
#53 These Tomatoes
Image source: JesHolbrook
#54 Unwrappig This Chicken Takes Longer Than Cooking It
Image source: cDrow
#55 I Ordered One Jar Of Honey Mustard And The Packaging Is A Little Excessive
Image source: Stoopkid17
#56 Dear Amazon, Are You Kidding Me?
Image source: amf001
#57 These Clementines
Image source: hambergerlee
#58 100% Compostable Pods. 0% Compostable Packaging. Good One Mcdonald’s
Image source: PM_me_your_PMs_eh
#59 Following The Post On Amazon And Their Excess Packaging… I Give You My Cellophane Roll Complete With Huge Box And 55 Feet Of Paper
Image source: AsphodelNyx
#60 These Individually Wrapped 3-Inch Slices Of Watermelon
Image source: climbingup_thewalls
#61 Look At These Lemons
Image source: msorensic
#62 A Single 6mm Earring
Image source: BeerWrangler
#63 Is This Packaging Really Necessary Zyrtec?
Image source: explodr
#64 Carrots In Japan
Image source: alternulltivhamburg
#65 Wholefoods Is Selling Lemongrass *in A Plastic Box* And Charging $2.99 For Essentially Half A Piece Of It
Image source: cmarie_chambers
#66 Single Serve Wine In Plastic Cups
Image source: intrepidfoxwine.com
#67 The Ridiculous Amount Of Unnecessary Packaging This Load Of Bread Comes With
Image source: blackbird9184
#68 Just As Nature Intended
Image source: pointless_packaging
#69 Asked For Bacon On The Side
Image source: joantheunicorn
#70 I’ve Gotta Call Out Vans On This. My One Order Arrived In Two Packages Today, About 6 Hours Apart. The Second One Was My Youngest’s Teeny Tiny Old Skool Shoes Rattling Around All Alone In This Gigantic Box
Image source: _jennifersarah_
#71 Useless Packaging
Image source: knittinggeisha
#72 These Apples
Image source: pointless_packaging
#73 This Kiwi
Image source: sixthof13
#74 Why Not Just Buy A Fresh Watermelon?
Image source: owen_mcleod2
#75 This Packaging. Entire Contents On The Left
Image source: Jaylaw1
#76 Why Though?
Image source: pointlesspack
#77 This Individually Wrapped Jelly Bean
Image source: Bridgiesmallz
#78 Pre-Peeled Onions In Plastic
Image source: WinnieCJ
#79 Seriously?
Image source: jenniferhopley
#80 SD Memory Card Packaging
Image source: Ed McVicker
#81 Hey, Gillette Would You Please Re-Think Your Packaging? Especially When We Need To Cut All The Excess Paper To Get To The Actual Product And The Package Become Useless
Image source: curiosity44
#82 Seriously Tesco?
Image source: pointless_packaging
#83 So This Was The Packaging For My Free Chapstick
Image source: fattsoo
#84 These Doughnuts
Image source: brentblack
#85 Really?
Image source: Tyler Wilson
#86 Was This Really Necessary?
Image source: JoLou24
#87 Why Did They Need To Make All This Extra Space
Image source: brioisagoodboy
#88 Ridiculous Waste. What An Incredibly Wasteful Way Of Packaging A Tiny Product
Image source: lilianaceoroiu
#89 Single Wrapped And Single Labelled
Image source: MiyabiCharcoal
#90 Insanely Wasteful Packaging For A Tiny Memory Card From Dabs.com
Image source: Richard Keen
#91 I Ordered A Small Piece Of Magnet. It Comes In Some Unnecessary Packaging
Image source: MiaMiaPP
#92 For A Tiny Webcam In A Tiny Box, Amazon Decided To Use A Huge Box The Guy In The Old Yellow Pages Ads Might Want To Stand On
Image source: tom_bullock
#93 This Excessive Costco Packaging
Image source: ForeverEphemeral
#94 My One Spatula (For My Food Processor) Arrived In Two Separate Envelopes And A Plastic Wrapper Too
Image source: Garry Choo
#95 Little Box
Image source: With Associates
#96 Extra Special Melon
Image source: will_fincham
#97 Another Amazon Packaging Failure. Hair Ties. Very Fragile
Image source: simplynano
#98 Just Why
Image source: tomhepworthtv
#99 Microsoft Defines Overpackaging By Putting A Plastic Box In A Plastic Box In Plastic Box
#100 Just In Case You Want To Lick The Unpeeled Garlic
Image source: edwardambrown
#101 Roses Individually Wrapped
Image source: Tim Olson
#102 Why Is There So Much Plastic Wrapping On These?
Image source: rejoove
#103 You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? An Absurd Amount Of Unnecessary Packaging
Image source: mybustersword
#104 Is This Huge Box Really Necessary For Five Small Packages Of Doritos?
#105 So Wasteful
Image source: CidFiles
#106 This Coconut
Image source: stubot
#107 Individually Wrapped Candies
Image source: toryscott
#108 Simply Insensitive
Image source: KirstyMHaines
#109 Amazon Prime Now Is Cool And All, But This Is A Lot Of Packaging For Two Pints Of Ice Cream
Image source: wiltony
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