Wasteful packaging is something that kinda bugs me. To put it into perspective though, I don’t lose any sleep over it, and I don’t find myself thinking about it at random times during the day, but when I see an instance of wasteful packaging, it is slightly annoying.

The other day, a work colleague ordered a 1.8″ hard drive for a laptop from an unnamed supplier. Admittedly, hard drives need some packaging to protect their internals, but I feel this particular one was packaged perhaps a little too much…

Needless to say, the hard drive went into the laptop, the cardboard box was recycled, but the foam will end up in landfill because it cannot be recycled!

What a shame!

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