The most appealing aspect of ordering things online is the ability to have them delivered to your home without having to visit a specific store. However, that helpful aspect is frequently overwhelmed by the fact that some manufacturers utilize excessive packing to distribute things, which can make us feel uneasy and unconcerned about the health of the earth. Plus it can be more irritating because you are opening layers and layers of packing over a small product.
So here at Defused we collected stories and images shared online to demonstrate that some companies consider packaging to be the most significant aspect of their product. What are you waiting for? Keep on scrolling down below and make sure you watch it till the end.
1. “This needlessly large packaging for a 20mm sized micro SD card.”

2. “Drop plastic, while still making tons of plastic packaging for flavor cubes?”

3. “17-inch box for a 2-inch item, including whole printed spiel that it was ’Thoughtfully Packaged’ to ’reduce impact.’”

4. “All of this for ONE purse. (Cat for scale)”

5. “I ordered 500 rubber pieces. This is how they were packaged.”

6. “Thanks”

7. “Guitar picks. Less than 1in x 1in.”
8. “The packaging to product ratio is so horribly off I can’t understand why we’re killing the Earth for this.”

9. “Always love it when my head bolts are packaged individually.”
10. “All this packaging for some effing radish seeds! Why tho??”

11. “Ridiculously excessive packaging for 3 dates”

12. “Just got a pair of headphones, why is the box so big?”

13. “My father ordered 15 fence posts. Legends tell of a second truck, out there somewhere, going to deliver the last one.”
14. “You know what those are that I ordered? Eco-friendly packaging for my Etsy stuff. The irony is borderline offensive.”

15. “Just why?”
16. “Yeah, definitely needed two separate boxes.”

17. “Individually packed olives my roommate bought…”
18. “14 pieces of unnecessary packaging and ’freebies’ for a tiny 15 ml spray from Paco Rabanne.”
