Packaging

Look in any landfill site and the paper there must be enough paper in there to have come from 2 or 3 Brazillian rainforests. Through our consumer demands we expect and require our goods to be packaged way over the top, resulting in a huge amount of waste which accounts not only for a huge number of us to become increasingly worried about the Environment but also for rising prices in consumer goods. Take Cigarettes for example, although I'm a non smoker I am fully aware of the implications of cigarettes. I'm not damning any smokers out there, that's not what this is about, what I am damning is ... more

I have not tempted you in with a spurious title please keep reading if you came looking for sperm! Sounds strange but you know what I mean! I have just read an excellent opinion (by MARKMAN) in this category and rather than commenting an essay I thought I’d write an opinion instead. We all (or at least I hope we all) are aware of the damage being done to the environment by now. We either have some very hard lessons to learn in the near future or make a stand now. We are living in a disposable society. Use and throw away is becoming all too common in everyday products. There's even talk ... more