On 25/03/2018 11:37, NY wrote:
"Fredxx" wrote in message
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On 25/03/2018 11:10, NY wrote:

It is fine to encourage people to recycle more, but all households
generate a certain amount of waste on average, and it all needs to be
removed - whether in the normal bin or the recycling bin. There seems
to be a school of thought that we should magically produce less
waste, even of the recyclable type.

If it modifies your behaviour to reduce waste and recyclable matter,
it all sounds a good thing.

- and you don't have the option of saying "supply this
item in clean, pristine, undamaged condition but with less packaging" -

Sometimes you can. Amazon sometimes (admittedly only on some items)
offers 'hassle free packaging' which doesn't have the usual bag in a box
in a box ... type packaging.

More long term, if people buy the item with less packaging, suppliers
will soon cotton on that less (but just as effective) packaging is the
way to go.