The amount of plastic from a Kinder Bueno 4 pack
The amount of plastic from a Kinder Bueno 4 pack
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.
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.
Not good
I bought refillers for ball pen to "reduce plastic" and its packing has plastic equivalent of an entire new pen
Man, you should see the Gansito packaging. Think about the Twinkie 2ct packaging where its wrapped in plastic with a cardboard tray to give it support. Thats fine. But Gansito goes an extra step. The whole package is wrapped in a foil bag. Inside it has a plastic tray, in which the individual cakes are wrapped in plastic. All this plastic for whats essentially 4 big bites of cake.
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 🤷
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!
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.