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  surplus packaging

  many of the supermarkets in holland and germany I used to shop in when living in those countries offered a table, positioned after the checkout counters, for removal of surplus packaging. customers put the packaging in a box and left it behind - it was disposed of properly by the store. better yet, research companies came to see what was left and I assume they made recommendations to suppliers based on their findings. what I remember were particularly trashed were breakfast cereal boxes (the inner bags are less bulky to carry home) and many other extraneous outer wrappers. I bet by now the cereal companies have come up w/ packaging that leaves their name on the inner wrapper!, at least in places were this program is common.
  greening, mihal
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