Clamshell Packaging
Dangerous and Frustating Packaging Design
Terrible packaging designs aren't just a bane on the planet, they can be dangerous when impossible to extract with bare hands. Around six thousand people a year wind up in emergency rooms with lacerations and puncture wounds caused by obnoxious clamshell/oyster-style packaging, the type that require scissors, pocket knives and other sharp implements before opening. Some attempts at grappling with knives and scissors have led to amputated fingertips and severed tendons. The degree of injuries can be pretty severe, depending on the frustration of getting a package open
Oversized Carton for Delivery
Millions (billions!) of items are wastefully packaged
So, what does it matter if you get an extra big cardboard box for your delivery, as was the case with this small carton of ink in a huge box? Stop and think about how many millions (billions!) of items are wastefully packaged. These almost-empty big boxes take up more space than necessary in shipping trucks, forcing them to make more trips for the same amount of cargo. Amazon is a big company and overpackaging is common, it all adds up to a huge waste of materials, space and fossil fuels that could easily be avoided without much negative consequence.
Excessive Packaging
Wastefully Poor Packaging Design
Poor packaging design and ridiculous examples of over-packaging come in all shapes and sizes, but it doesn't get much worse than these individually-wrapped bananas, complete with plastic shrink-wrap and (very non-biodegradable) polystyrene, spied in a U.K. grocery store.
Pointless Over-Packaging
Why, Why, Why?
Most packaging performs a function.... we are in awe of the creator of this packaging and still asking the question why? A totally pointless execution of new packaging design which didn't need fixing. Of all the vegetables out there that may need a little extra packaging to survive transit, therefore avoiding waste...is the robust cauliflower really one of them?
