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>>> Consumers can make a difference by buying less, or buying products that can more easily be reused or recycled, but that’s only part of the equation. Countries, states and cities need to press producers to design more sustainable products and packaging, and develop more recycling infrastructure.<p>What?  No mention of corporations, of the many corporate interests that this material serves.  I don't want plastic wrapping on everything.  So long as the product gets where it needs to be nor does the manufacture really care.  It is the middle men, the retail stores, that insist on the extra  packaging.  Lots of packaging is there for purely commercial interests such as to prevent easy theft or as space for advertising.<p>I recently ordered some flashlights from china.  They were made of aluminum and came in simple cardboard boxes.  Nearly all of the order was recyclable.  No inky labels, no bubble wrap, no silly nylon lanyards, no plastic beyond a tiny piece of tape to hold the box closed.  Nothing was in those boxes except for the exact product I ordered.  That's the progress we need.