I don't think that will fly as a significant number of companies want to be a unique snowflake when it comes to packaging. My e-commerce startup uses reusable

I don't think that will fly as a significant number of companies want to be a unique snowflake when it comes to packaging. My e-commerce startup uses reusable Ikea containers[1] for shipping and reusable Little Bird Bag[2] for local pickups. In Australia packaging is already regulated to a high degree (you don't hear about it in the media). Next year my company will have to pay an AUD 800 (USD 590) per year fee to the federal government, larger companies have to pay up to AUD 250,000 (USD 185,000) per year. This fee is in addition to other duties/taxes/levies on the local, state and federal level such as e-waste. While a "highly standardised system" sounds excellent on face value, there will be edge cases that break things. An example that comes to mind is e-waste in Australia. My company imports many Raspberry Pis into Australia. The federal department of environment saw from the importation documents that they were "computers" and then wanted to charge the company for e-waste. In Australia, e-waste is calculated by weight, and the government stated that an average computer is 20Kg+ (by contrast a Raspberry Pi maxes out at 42 g)! [1] https://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/30160964/ https://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/30160964/ [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi_Oa6ygtqR/?taken-by=littlebirdelectronics https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi_Oa6ygtqR/?taken-by=littlebird...