Some people say it is manufactures and supermarkets responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging of products they sell and others say it is the consumers responsibility to avoid buying products with too much packaging. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Nowadays, people have started giving thoughts on environmental safety, some argue that goods need to be lightly packed in industries and superstores while others say that customers should avoid purchasing those goods which are heavily packed.

Firstly

, manufacturers and supermarkets should not add too much packaging as it will not only increase the product cost but

also

increases the shipment weight.

Secondly

, consumers should prioritize the products which are environmentally friendly and boycott those which have too much

plastic

or paper packaging. Rather than spending money on proper packaging content, industrialists try to find alternative and quick ways to pack the final goods.

This

generally happens when proper planning is not done for the products they are delivering. But in doing so, they not only increase the burden on customers for higher product cost but

also

increases the shipment dimensions which ultimately leads to the requirement of larger warehouse space.

For example

, Amazon.com, one of the top eCommerce companies, ships mobile phones in large boxes

instead

of creating custom size boxes.

This

will tend to increase the shipment cost and

in addition

to that, the customer gets an additional responsibility to dispose of the boxes properly.

Secondly

, customers should

also

take responsibility for saving the environment and should focus on more environmentally friendly packaging like paper

bags

, or reusable

bags

.

This

can be achieved if they start carrying their own

bags

in the supermarket, which will lead to less consumption of

plastic

bags

. They should understand the importance of the product rather than look at the packaging.

For example

, if they get an option to buy raw food in paper

bags

which doesn’t look as fancy as compared to

plastic

bags

with laser printing, they should focus on the quality of the food

instead

of the packaging. To conclude, I would say that both manufacturers and consumers need to be equally responsible to reduce the packaging amount.

In addition

to that, Government should

also

create policies for industrialists to use organic packaging materials and should ban

plastic

for the safety of the environment.