Although plastic can take up to 1,000 years to decompose, it is still widely used in many packaging.
But although products like oranges and bananas come with their own peel built in, that hasn’t stopped manufacturers around the world from adding extra plastic around them.
those in bored panda compiled the most embarrassing packaging decisions spotted by shoppers around the world.
They include bread taken from its loaf to be individually wrapped, as well as putting a satsuma in a plastic pot for no apparent reason.
In another snapshot, a customer’s purchase was placed in three large cardboard boxes, even though they were all ordered from the same warehouse.
Those at Bored Panda compiled examples of the most useless uses of plastic packaging. Pictured: Individually wrapped slices of bread.
In one, even an order of bubble wrap came along with some extra plastic for “protection.”
In a time when consumers are looking to make more environmentally conscious decisions, companies are clearly still making decisions that are harmful to the environment.
Here, FEMAIL takes a look at some of the occasions where excessive packaging was used, often for no reason.
One store in Japan even had “individually wrapped lemon slices,” but customers commented that they looked “pretty fake.”
Oh! One woman was surprised to discover that the five nail polishes she had ordered arrived in separate boxes with lots of packaging.
Illogical! People around the world have shared frustrating packaging fails, and Bored Panda compiled the worst in an online gallery. Including “eco-friendly” toothpicks individually wrapped in plastic.
The ‘gift of nothing’ for the ‘person who has everything’ consists of a cardboard explainer and a plastic sphere with nothing inside
Since the peel of an orange is clearly not enough, one store decided to put it in a small plastic container that is shared in an instant.
Toothpaste was put in a plastic container and charged £20, apparently just for that, in a UK supermarket.
A unique cinnamon churro donut received an entire plastic container at the Hannaford supermarket in the US.
One buyer received 47,785 ml of packaging for 5.4 ml of product. All of these boxes came from the same warehouse.
Apparently, in this case, a bubble wrap delivery strangely needed additional plastic packaging to protect it.
Instead of putting the forks in a big bag, these cutlery were individually wrapped.
These bananas, from the Irish-American company Dole, shocked buyers with their packaging, as they were wrapped in plastic film and placed on a tray.
