Some people say that supermarkets and manufactures have a responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging on the products they sell. Others say that it is the responsibility of consumers to avoid buying products which have a lot of packaging. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

The

use

of packaging,

such

as plastic bags, is a common practice in supermarkets and shops to protect products from damage.

However

, as more and more people start to realize the effects that it has on the environment,

discussion

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the discussion

now

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centres

on whether manufacturers or consumers should take the responsibility of cutting down the

use

of

such

materials. My view is that addressing

this

issue requires efforts made by both sides. Before the wide

use

of packaging, people had no choice but to hand carry the goods they bought from stores, which was indeed a strenuous experience. Thanks to the invention of packaging, consumers nowadays are capable of carrying a heap of items, with no need to worry about some of them falling or getting crushed.

Such

convenience makes consumers embrace the idea of packaging, get used to it, and

thus

overlook the negative consequences resulting from using non-degradable packaging materials. In

this

sense, the responsibility partially lies in consumers themselves, who could

otherwise

choose to bring their own shopping bags and avoid buying products that

use

more packaging than necessary. Manufacturers and supermarkets

also

have a vital role to play in the sense that it is they that brought packaging to the public eye in the

first

place, as a user-friendly and low-cost material to transport and store products. If they are willing to replace

packaging

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the packaging

with more environmentally-friendly solutions

such

as home delivery and recycling service, the public may eventually get accustomed to the new strategy, though it is likely to trigger complaints at the initial stage of its practice. In conclusion, I would say the interplay between manufacturers and consumers in

this

matter means that to reduce the

use

of packaging cannot be achieved by one side alone. Consumers should be made aware of the differences they are capable of

making

engage in

doing

, while manufacturers have the duty to promote more eco-friendly alternative options to packaging.