Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley for January 23, 2024

Time was, that was the case, Herb. And then we invented plastic. Now we recycle since plastic in the ground or waterways lasts just about forever.

Are you willing to pay more for it?

I have a bin full of cardboard and dog food cans ready for pickup, alternate weeks.

A lot of early “biodegradable” actually just broke down quickly to microplastics.

A lot of the excess packaging on small products is there to inhibit casual shoplifting

EXACTLY!!!!!!

So many facets to this issue. The small items that are easily shoplifted can be kept behind locked glass for the buyer to select and then can be wrapped in paper and tied with string like was once done.. so many things can be done but people prefer flash and style.

Compostable would also be nice.

The latest packaging challenge is small batteries in “childproof” encapsulation. Getting the batteries out involves the use of heavy-duty scissors or a dangerous knife. In a three-pack, each battery is entombed in its individual rigid protective capsule.