How to deal with This?

ANALYSING

  How to go about this.

From the data collected, it can safely be concluded that there is way more packaging than actually needed by the consumers.
More often than not, it ends up in landfills and pollutes the earth. New waste islands coming up on the oceans. Soon enough there will be more of those than the actual ones.
We will begin with the 3 R’s. But this time it will be backwards.
The key lies in REDUCTION.

Recycle is third in importance. Packaging should be designed to be recyclable and/or made with recycled content. A package or packaging material is considered to be "recyclable" if there is a widely available and economically viable collection, processing and marketing system for the product/material.

Reuse is second in importance. Packaging should be designed to be reusable, refillable, returnable and durable to the greatest extent possible.

Reduce is the most important of the 3R's. Packaging should be reduced prior to the manufacturing stage. This means reducing the number of layers, materials and toxins at

source.

If the makers of packaging can go on reducing the amounts of materials used, why have they not done so before? And doesn’t it mean that in the past products have been over-packaged? It is true that many products are now packaged in less material but each reduction is only possible when a new development is made in materials and packaging technology.