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Is it so? I haven't heard of it. I recently ordered a set of knives and they came wrapped in a plastic cover (black) and wrapped with a cardboard box. But the k
by kumarvvr 8y ago
Is it so? I haven't heard of it. I recently ordered a set of knives and they came wrapped in a plastic cover (black) and wrapped with a cardboard box. But the knives themselves are packed in plastic and cardboard boxes.
If I'd gone to a store, I could have picked them up by hand and avoided the plastic covering required for transport.
E-commerce generates additional non-biodegradable waste and that is a problem that has to be solved considering the rapid rise of online shopping.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoAt the store just the other day - shopkeeper ringing up the guy in front of me asked "Do you want a bag for that?" It was a product, in a box, wrapped in plastic. And the guy had his own canvas bag out already. If he'd accepted, he'd have had the product in a box in a bag in a bag. My god. When does it all end? What was the product? Plastic bags.
- paulie_a 8y agoIt's getting annoying when I go to a store. Put my backpack on the counter and get asked about a bag for the two small items I am buying.
- efields 8y agoDon't you think the store vendor just went through the trouble of unwrapping and disposing of the packaging you're describing? I just went through a weekend guilt trip over the baby furniture we bought. Crib and dresser. Wasn't inexpensive, and "built from sustainable forests." 2 pieces of furniture, 5 garbage bags of styrofoam. My alternatives would have been Ikea — more driving, assembly, and time consumed on my end, worse quality — or even higher end American-made products that would have cost 2-5x, where they'd be shipped freight, assembled, and white gloved into my house.