This is an interesting article about excess packaging of entertainment and electric goods. Having been through a couple of birthdays already, it seems that the idea of heavy-duty plastic ties to hold toys in their boxes is here to stay.
Wired points out that it's there to stop theft, but I thought that's what the door scanners were for, or the plain-clothes store detectives, or the RFID tags.
The real point, though, is that manufactures deem it acceptable to package up their goods in cardboard, clear plastic and plastic ties. In some cases I've seen those plastic ties actually screwed into the packaging. Of course, the only way for consumers to send a message to manufacturers is to stop buying them, but shop big companies be that deaf to their customers?
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Well, a refreshing change today.....
I have just had to buy a new set of phones (the old ones are well adn truely past it and now waiting to be taken to the council tip / recycling point in the hope that they have a special point for electronics) and the packaging was either paper or cardboard (plus 2 wire twists on the cables... I think I can let them off for that)
No plastic bags or polystyrene to be seen anywhere.... amazing! Well done to BT
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