too much packaging

Now that is unbelievable, I think she should be fight against violence then worrying about a bagel, that is so immature.

I don't really have much of an opinion on the packaging. I just thought I'd mention that I think it is odd that out of all the things that would be "the last straw" for this lady was a little excessive packaging. I'm sure their are products packaged worse. Plus, what about things packaged in a way that very little is able to be recycled. Someone should let her know that people die and starve or are abused. Oh well though, I guess everyone needs a flag to wave.

I wish I had seen that petition. It seems we are always going one step forward before another company sets us back another step. I like the expanding program of green containers for food waste to be recycled but if we permit excessive packaging we are adding to the garbage problem. Especially in Toronto where no one knows where to truck the garbage to since Michigan won't accept it anymore. We all have a part to play. If we all insited on open displays of fruits and vegetables in the grocery stores instead of prepackaged we would save a whole lot.

I like the individually wrapped, my kids can grab things as snacks for school. Panty liners individually wrapped, heck...why would I want to care around an open panty liner. What if it fell out, then it is not clean and everyone definitely knows what it is. Then there is a matter of safety and freshness. Packaging helps to air lock it to prevent it from going bad and keep a fresh taste. Then there are so many sickos out there, that much packing lets me know if it has been tampered with. So, yes, I prefer individually wrapped and well packaged. however, there is so thing as it being too much. Like, have you ever tried to take a Barbie out of a box? Not easy!!! ha ha

It does bother me. I truly remember when we purchased sanitary napkins and they were all in a box. We put them in our purse and that was that. It's not exactly a huge secret when one falls out in that lovely packaging that it's a pad! DUH! lol I think that was the original intent, to keep it "quiet" in your purse. Like people don't know you have them. And to be honest, I think there is so much overpackaging, especially in food, because of the fear of being sued if something is tampered with.

i think the only reason that they are doing it this way now is because of all the people who steal stuff. they must think that it is alot harder if they are double wrapped or tripple. they have even put toys in plastic that is hard to open when you buy them so that people wont steal them. i think that i am starting to prefer that way they do it because then i know that everything that is supposed to be in the container is going to be there. or that it hasnt been tampered with and is going to work.

No..it doesn't bother me. Especially if they are packing containers or stuff like the jam. I would rather get everything whole than run the risk of having something broken...or harmed in any way. I think people like this need to concentrate on other more important things...

This really bugs me, there is no reason to wrap goods in layers and layers on non biodegradable packaging. I refuse packaging whenever possible and will always buy a less wrapped product if I possibly can. These companies have zero respect for the environment and should be seriously penalized for such shocking waste

Over all, I guess to me, I cannot really see the Big deal. And when it comes to Food, is it not for our protection, and to help keep the Food fresher for longer? I guess the only issue might be if they forget to remove the old food it would be harder to see in, but in Reality overall, I see nothing wrong with this.

I wholeheartedly agree with this lady. She has gotten her priorites right. Why protest against a war when in the end the government is just going to shoot you down saying that you are not a patriot and the war is going to carry on anyway, since the Middle East is full of oil? Environmentalism is something the common person can have an impact on, and climate change has the potential to do more harm than all the wars in history put together. It bothers me how some people can be so indifferent to this issue. Even if its just one bagel, imagine the amount of needless packaging if there were 1000 or 10,000 bagels sold each week! Its a trash mountain!

The packaging really dosnt bother me that much. All they are trying to do is enshure you get everything you are saposed to get instead of having you or anyone else comeback and complain that they did not get everything they were saposed to get. I can understand why.

I have to agree. I hate it when things are overpackaged.

the woman has done a very good thing. this will prevent other companies from doing such things and deceiving people.

I don't know if you listen to CBC in the morning, but they had a follow-up to this discussion. A VP from Canada Bread (which owns Dempsters) was talking to Andy Barry, as "the other side of the story". Besides using adjectives such as "nutricious", "delicious", and "convienient" way too much, she was pressing the point that though there are those who don't appreciate this packaging, their research indicated that there was a consumer market for "quick, convienient bagels that could be eaten at any time". Freakin' all about trying to make a quick buck. Oh, and apparently the shelf life is 30 days!!! Andy mentioned that in Germany, the cost of gathering all waste and recyling packaging was on the producer's side - not the city or tax payer. This means that the cost for recovering the packaging, or even the used product itself, is included in the total production cost. I would bet you that if Dempsters had to include that cost into their formula, there would be no way that they could afford to make this product.

Yes, it does bother me when I buy a product and it has a ton of packaging. It is such a waste of money and resources. I have noticed that more and more companies seem to be doing less environmentally friendly acts. We should all be concered about that.

I don't think anything about packaging but I do think this lady has too much time on her hands. She could get behind a bigger issue if she wants to go get environmental on everyone.... She could petition for car emission laws or something.

It's interesting to me that you started this discussion. I have not heard about this particular incident, but recently I have been really paying attention to the amount of waste/trash that I, one single person, generate in any given week. It's really sort of disturbing, and I believe it has a lot to do with the way various items are packaged and sold. Multiply what I can produce times however many billions of people there are in the world and the result is an awful lot of trash. Where are we going to put it all? Recycling is good for things that can be recycled, but what about everything that isn't or can't be? It really is something to think about. I'm not an enviornmentalist or activist of any sort, I just sort of boggle at the amount of garbage the world produces-- often through unnecessary packaging materials.

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yeah. People like that should be locked up.

She is right, I admit.. she is concerned about the wellness of others and she did the right thing.