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Packaging the Future: Three Packages Worth the Resources They Use

06/21/2011
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    In my column 'Packaging the Future', I've looked at the myriad ways the materials around us contribute to environmental pollution and human health issues (from manufacturing, use and disposal). I've suggested existing solutions to what I think of as "bad packaging", as well as some that are only supposition. But even though I love to dork out on new and old packaging fixes, there are a few spots where I don't want to see the new overtake the old; where even though a more modern version of something might use fewer resources and be more planet and people-friendly, I still choose the vintage version....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/packaging-the-future-three-packages-worth-the-resources-they-use/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    In my column 'Packaging the Future', I've looked at the myriad ways the materials around us contribute to environmental pollution and human health issues (from manufacturing, use and disposal). I've suggested existing solutions to what I think of as "bad packaging", as well as some that are only supposition. But even though I love to dork out on new and old packaging fixes, there are a few spots where I don't want to see the new overtake the old; where even though a more modern version of something might use fewer resources and be more planet and people-friendly, I still choose the vintage version....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/packaging-the-future-three-packages-worth-the-resources-they-use/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • hand written letter packaging the future
    In my column 'Packaging the Future', I've looked at the myriad ways the materials around us contribute to environmental pollution and human health issues (from manufacturing, use and disposal). I've suggested existing solutions to what I think of as "bad packaging", as well as some that are only supposition. But even though I love to dork out on new and old packaging fixes, there are a few spots where I don't want to see the new overtake the old; where even though a more modern version of something might use fewer resources and be more planet and people-friendly, I still choose the vintage version....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/packaging-the-future-three-packages-worth-the-resources-they-use/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    In my column 'Packaging the Future', I've looked at the myriad ways the materials around us contribute to environmental pollution and human health issues (from manufacturing, use and disposal). I've suggested existing solutions to what I think of as "bad packaging", as well as some that are only supposition. But even though I love to dork out on new and old packaging fixes, there are a few spots where I don't want to see the new overtake the old; where even though a more modern version of something might use fewer resources and be more planet and people-friendly, I still choose the vintage version....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/packaging-the-future-three-packages-worth-the-resources-they-use/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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packaging the future

In my columnĀ 'Packaging the Future', I've looked at the myriad ways the materials around us contribute to environmental pollution and human health issues (from manufacturing, use and disposal). I'veĀ suggested existing solutions to what I think of as "bad packaging", as well as some that are only supposition. But even though I love to dork out on new and old packaging fixes, there are a few spots where I don't want to see the new overtake the old; where even though a more modern version of something might use fewer resources and be more planet and people-friendly, I still choose the vintage version....

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