Solve package of problems
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-26 08:07
FOUR APPLES ARE WRAPPED IN POLYTHENE and presented on a polystyrene tray that can't be recycled.
This is a typical example of wasteful packaging that we see in supermarkets every day. The excessive and wasteful packaging goes directly from the shop shelf to the household bin.
A People's Daily report found that more than 50 percent of China's consumer goods were packed excessively. The wrappers contributed to one-third of the waste in cities, or half of all solid waste. And the waste is worth 400 billion yuan ($63 billion) every year.
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