Each bar is wrapped in cellophane, which are then wrapped in the normal outer packaging. To make the 4 pack, they simply took 2x two packs and put them on a cardboard tray,and then wrapped those.

I don’t think I’ve ever gone through so much unwrapping for candy.

  • @itsAsin@lemmy.world
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    461 year ago

    i have recently become very aware of and disgusted by the the amount of plastic waste i make.

    every single goddammed thing is covered in it. it’s obscene and i am ashamed.

    • @CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      I’m also aware of the amount of plastic waste that passes through my hands.

      The difference here being: i notice what is necessary and how much of it is useless extra added on by the manufacturer for advertisement purposes.

      The latter is usually 50% and even as bad as 80% in a lot of cases.

      I’m not ashamed, i’m dissapointed they are allowed to keep doing this while i’m forced to make all kind of changes (i use forced because they artificially increase the price to stop us from doing things)

  • @Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    441 year ago

    Order literally anything from china. Each part in a Ziploc, then grouped in a Ziploc, in a box with bubble or balloon wrap, and/or styrofoam, then like 8 miles of yellow packing tape so you have no idea where to open from, and maybe another box or garbage bag layer with more tape, then the packing slip sleeve and more tape over that.

  • @blazeknave@lemmy.world
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    71 year ago

    Whenever I’m hating myself for my single use weaknesses, I picture a nurse doing one blood test or bandage… In every room… In every hospital… Everywhere… and that’s just healthcare which we give a pass for obvious reasons. If you want to project your self-hate onto others instead of using the exercise to chill out and be kind to yourself, you can even think of other industries like how much shit is coming out of some gun or Budweiser factory somewhere 🤷

  • @tomcatt360@lemmy.world
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    41 year ago

    We haven’t been able to find a Walmart Pickup location that doesn’t use way too many plastic grocery bags, so we finally got around to buying and using reusable bags, and it’s so much better! I can actually bring in the groceries in one trip now. I’m never going back. IDK why the shoppers at Walmart insist on putting only 1 or 2 items in each plastic bag. I understand keeping some items separate for food safety, but this is ridiculous! I used to live close to my grandma who crochets plastic grocery bags into sleeping pads for unhoused folks, but we moved away from her and have no use for 20-30 plastic bags a week.

    • @Emerica@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      I’ve always wondered why they use so many as well! I assume it’s each group of items that a single shopper pulls goes into one bag and they have one shopper per like four aisles or something. I have nothing to base that on though, whatever it is it’s a ridiculous amount of bags.

      If you get delivery they will sometimes put three or four bags with a single item each all into another bag so they can carry it easier.

    • @pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldOP
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      What’s funny is after living in NYC for 5 years and being forced to use reusable bags for years I got used to it. I moved to Miami about 5 months ago and I’m Downtown so I can walk to most places I need to go, and bring a reusable bag with me. A lot of stores down here aren’t used to customers using a reusable bag, so I would tend to get a lot of looks haha I’d walk across the street to get my groceries and they would give me like 5-10 plastic bags when I’m like “I can fit like 75% of it in my backpack and these two bags”.

  • @thehatfox@lemmy.world
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    41 year ago

    I ordered a load of network patch cables recently. They all came packaged individually in sealed plastic bags.

  • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    41 year ago

    I ordered a lens filter for my camera, and couldn’t believe the amount of packaging and plastic wrapping it came with. It was absurd to the point of lunacy. We’re talking several boxes, something like four or five different plastic wrappers, etc. For a lens filter!

    It’s almost like manufacturers are aware that consumers aren’t “allowed” to use single-use plastic when getting groceries, so they double-down on their use for everything else!

    • @pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 year ago

      Yeah, I ordered two end tables with shelves from Amazon a few weeks ago and they were like that. Each table had about 10-15 bags, and like 7 sheets of styrofoam.

      • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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        11 year ago

        and like 7 sheets of styrofoam.

        I really, really hate styrofoam. I recently had to put out an industrial-sized bag filled with the stuff, and I can’t honestly believe it’s still used for packing items. Strategically used cardboard, especially the formed stuff, is so much better to use and can be recycled easily.

  • FiveMacs
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    21 year ago

    Does it shock you coming from a company that uses child labor to manufacture their stupid plastic chunks they call toys?

    • arglebargle
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      31 year ago

      Ferraro didn’t own the suppliers, and I thought they said they were going to address the issues of Turkish child labor with their suppliers. Are you saying they didnt?