20 Times This Online Group Shared Egregious Examples Of Excessive Packaging

Published 3 years ago

Since plastic waste is produced every day, some companies prefer using biodegradable and eco-friendly packaging to help the environment. Sadly, there are still very few companies that choose this idea, and many of them still wrap their products in numerous layers of plastic, to the point where it’s absolutely ridiculous.

R/EgregiousPackaging subreddit is a place where people share pictures of the most ridiculously wasteful and unnecessary packaging they’ve come across, and it’s quite infuriating how thoughtless these companies are. Scroll below to see a collection of wasteful packaging that made people speak up about the ludicrous thing! And if you want to see more of this blood-boiling stuff, check them out in our previous post here.

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#1 Just Why?

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#2 Not Only Is It Egregious, But It’s Infuriating

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#3 Ordered Biodegradable Bamboo Toothbrushes From A Zero Waste Store – Came In 100% Non-Degradable Bubble Wrap And Plastic Bags

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#4 I Bought A Nail File

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#5 Soda Cans Are Very Fragile

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#6 My Friend Ordered Earrings From Fabfitfun. Just Earrings

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#7 Sephora At It Again For A .05oz Concealer

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#8 Hi Y’all, I’m A Designer At Tic-Tac. Hope You Enjoy Our Newest Optimized Design For Tic-Tacs!

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#9 [screw] Drinking Straws – This Is The Kind Of Plastic Use We Should Be Protesting

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#10 This 0.7 Ml Dogs’ Anti-Flea And Anti-Tick Drops Straight Out Of The Box

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#11 Individually Wrapped Jellybeans

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#12 Ordered 27 Books From Amazon On A Single Order. Got 27 Boxes With 1 Book Each Delivered

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#13 Chocolate Air

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#14 Really Glad My Made From Recycled Materials & Biodegradable Sponges Came Wrapped Together And Individually In Plastic

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#15 Chipotle’s “Fruit Cup”

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#16 Individually Wrapped Vegetables In A Vietnamese Supermarket

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#17 Ordered A Tube Of Thermal Paste

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#18 Because Mascara Is Fragile. Thanks Sephora!

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#19 Tiny Little Amount Of Eyeliner In A Huge Plastic Container

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#20 Individually Packaged Slice Of Bread

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Saumya Ratan

Saumya is an explorer of all things beautiful, quirky, and heartwarming. With her knack for art, design, photography, fun trivia, and internet humor, she takes you on a journey through the lighter side of pop culture.

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