Why is there not a ban on the amount of packaging waste used on things like kids toys?

Question

My son got a set with pencils and tonnes of other stuff in it and it took him about half and hour to get all the packaging off, which took up a tonne of space in my recycling bin.

And it seem the cheaper the items the more elaborately packaged they are.

Why with all this green thing going on are company's still able to pump out so much plastic?

Answer 1

In toy packaging it's deliberate - making toys difficult to get out of the pack is done to make it  less likely that kids will take things out of the pack in the shop - little kids don't even know it's stealing, and it would be very easy for them to pop little things in their pockets, so packs are designed to be bigger than the toys, and to be hard to get into

Answer 2

i dunno about you but some birthdays i had more fun with the box than the toys

Answer 3

It's disgusting isn't it?

I see the supermarkets are getting on the eco-band wagon and stopping giving away plastic carriers for free, instead asking us to buy stronger, longer lasting reusable ones, yet they continue to sell products packaged in piles and piles of plastic and cardboard.

I HATE with a passion, the amount of packaging used nowadays.

But will it ever stop? Not until the earth is covered in the d**n stuff.

Answer 4

If you don't buy the product, the manufactureres will soon get the message. We stopped buying products that have all that extra packaging - can't stand it. If enough people stop buying it, it will soon end.