I remember reading a long time ago that a supermarket in Germany had a counter at the end of the checkout where you could take your purchases out of any packing that wasn’t needed and leave it there, not that it makes any difference, it shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
I suppose if we didn’t have rubbish, shoddy throw away goods, things that don’t last, all in loads of packaging, there’d be a lot of people out of work. As someone said before, Finland would go broke.
It‘s what keep the world turning as they say.
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I have a theory about excess packaging. I think it will have occurred to most firms that excess packaging costs money and they have reduced it as much as possible. I thoroughly approve of papier mache packaging because It goes in the compost bin, and I don't want anybody riffling through under-wrapped goods before I buy them. But I really would like to buy loose, apples and other suitable vegetables and fruit. Do they have to wrap oranges?
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I remember reading a long time ago that a supermarket in Germany had a counter at the end of the checkout where you could take your purchases out of any packing that wasn’t needed and leave it there, not that it makes any difference, it shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
I suppose if we didn’t have rubbish, shoddy throw away goods, things that don’t last, all in loads of packaging, there’d be a lot of people out of work. As someone said before, Finland would go broke.
It‘s what keep the world turning as they say.
I have a theory about excess packaging. I think it will have occurred to most firms that excess packaging costs money and they have reduced it as much as possible. I thoroughly approve of papier mache packaging because It goes in the compost bin, and I don't want anybody riffling through under-wrapped goods before I buy them. But I really would like to buy loose, apples and other suitable vegetables and fruit. Do they have to wrap oranges?
B3 & Philippa
Point taken !