Remember that one time when you got that awesome CD player from under your Christmas tree, but then it took about three and a half hours to open... Well at least you got a CD player... o and don't forget that huge gash on your left hand from opening it.
"Manufacturers say molded packaging protects goods on the long journey from asia. Retailers say the heat-sealed edges keep shoppers from opening them in stores. And products certainly look picture-perfect in that clear plastic bubble."
"RESISTANT TO SCISSORS, RAZOR-BLADES AND LOUD SWEARING"
Not only is this type of packaging annoying and irritatingly hateful, but it is also very environmentally un-friendly. The waste of all that plastic does come up as an issue.
Although retailers will be hesitant to change from their thief-repellant, fresh-new-car-scented, clamshell airtight wrapping, these retailer will soon have to say good-bye to their preferred clamshell packaging. The now fad is all about "natralock" an easy to open cardboard & plastic hybrid, as Costco wholesalers have.
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