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About the event
Sometimes it seems that the manufacturing industry or the customer service folks are intentionally making the lives of their customers miserable �?? all while needlessly using up the earth�??s resources. From tiny items sent in an enormous box to hard plastic clamshell seals that a normal human simply cannot get open, this is what Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day is all about. And what about that cashier at the grocery store who puts the gallons of milk (which has a built-in handle) in two or three bags, just because?
As well as wasting customers�?? time, unnecessary over-packaging also wastes precious resources. What�??s more, it leaves everyone with extra rubbish to dispose of. It�??s time for the businesses and companies to wake up and start caring a bit more about the impact they are having, and Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day is just the time to do it.
Consumer Reports magazine has even gotten on board in the past, honoring the most ridiculous clamshell packaging products with an Oyster Award, to show how impossible their packaging is to get opened by an average consumer. In 2007, the Oral-B Sonic toothbrush won the prize.
