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In 2006, Consumer Reports magazine recognized the wrap rage phenomenon when it created the Oyster Awards for the products with the hardest-to-open packaging. [3] [7] A story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about wrap rage [8] was featured on The Colbert Report when host Stephen Colbert tried to use a knife to remove a new calculator from its plastic packaging, to no avail.
The child-resistant locking closure for containers was invented in 1967 by Dr. Henri Breault. [7]A history of accidents involving children opening household packaging and ingesting the contents led the United States Congress to pass the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970, authored by U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah.
They tested Debbie Meyer GreenBags® against Ziploc Storage Bags, Ziploc Storage Containers, and the food items' original packaging. Most items did better in the GreenBags®. Another station, KTVI-TV in St. Louis, has given Green Bags a very positive review. They tested the bags for their Deal or Dud segment and found the bags kept both fruits ...
Last year, New Zealand discovered 713 kg of meth worth an estimated $150 million hidden in containers of Canadian maple syrup — the country’s largest ever seizure of the drug. Six suspects ...
A Canadian woman allegedly attempted to smuggle 22 pounds of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents through a New Zealand airport on Sunday, Dec. 8.
Delivery of a small item in a much larger corrugated box, requiring air pillows for void-fill. A simple padded mailer would have been adequate.. In E-commerce, “the overpackaging of products has become a major ecological concern” [7] [8] Sometimes a package is properly designed to present its contents at a retail store; packaging is minimal.
It has been estimated by the EPA that 9.1 million tons of glass containers were generated in 2015, or 3.5 percent of municipal solid waste (MSW). [5] About 70 percent of glass consumption is used for containers and packaging purposes. [14] At least 13.2 percent of the production of glass and containers are burned with energy recovery. [5]
A reusable package or container is "designed for reuse without impairment of its protective function." [ 1 ] The term returnable is sometimes used interchangeably but it can also include returning packages or components for other than reuse: recycling , disposal, incineration, etc. Typically, the materials used to make returnable packaging ...