[LINK] throw-away culture
rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
Mon Jan 22 20:40:40 AEDT 2007
From Kim:
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>> Japan is having to seriously look at limiting waste.
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> This is the solution and that will require limits on required
> packaging standards for foodstuffs as well as unnecessary packaging
> for non-foodstuffs, especially retail display focussed packaging, and
> the IT industry is one of the worse in that regard.
Indeed ... I am frequently flummoxed that Ethernet cables need at least
two layers of display packaging. We're talking about a quite dull and
strictly functional object here; yet in some outlets I find the outer
bubble-wrap plus a second layer of plastic, not counting the cardboard
in the plastic, just in case my brain went absent and I forgot that I
was buying an Ethernet cable!
RC
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