The Different Kinds of Packing Material

Here's something to ponder on: The UK leads the world in producing wastes. According to WasteOnline, UK households produce the equivalent weight of around 245 jumbo jets per week of waste... and believe it or not, that's only for packaging waste.

But you don't have to totally cut off your use of packaging materials just to be able to clean your conscience regarding this matter. What the European law wants us to do (as dictated by her majesty, mother Earth herself) is to view "used" packing materials in a different way. It's not just the packaging materials that require alterations but also our habits of consumption. Visit your kitchen closet now and recover 50% of the packaging materials in there. If some of the recovered items can still be used, then reuse them. If they're particularly not susceptible for second-time usage anymore, recycle them. That plastic container with some cracks can be a pretty flower vase after some paint make-overs, right?

Also, the law isn't requiring you to totally say no to packaging materials nor is it banning the use of such merchandise in the market. Packaging materials exist because they have a purpose (and we know that). We use packaging to prolong the life of our food and to secure some of our things. Can paper even do that? What we have to do is to cut down our usage. That's it.