Packaging
Can you imagine a world where all your
containers are made from natural materials like banana leaf or bamboo, without
the need for plastic bags or Styrofoam cups?
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| banana leaf used as a container |
Do you remember grocery shopping
with your grandma and her woven straw basket? Well, this was the reality in
Indonesia up until a few years ago. The sad reality today is that the locals
have no clue of how to dispose of a plastic water bottle or a used chocolate
wrapper or the Pop Mie Styrofoam cup (instant noodles)…hence their constant presence by the
roadside, on beaches, in rivers.
While unpacking the domestic appliances we
bought for our new home, it was no surprise that there would be several layers
of plastic packaging. However, the quantity was outrageous. It took me well over
2 hours to remove every bit of plastic around the free-standing cooker. Every
inch of the cooker was sealed in plastic (the sticky kind). There was plastic
actually screwed in to the appliance!
To add insult to injury, all the bathroom
fittings came with their very own sticker label not only on the packaging but
also on the products themselves. This meant copious amounts of rubbing with
thinner to remove all the sticky parts.
And the glass panes for the windows also
came with their own individual sticker.
Suggestion to retailers in Indonesia..."please provide us with a means of disposing of all the unnecessary packaging"
Tip: Make sure to have lots of thinner to hand when unpacking brand new house stuff; it
makes sticker removal slightly easier.
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