PLASTIC FURNITURE OVER

WOODEN FURNITURE
Plastic furniture gaining more preference over the wooden furniture due to following reasons

A, plastic furniture are economically cheaper then the wooden furniture as to make wooden furniture one has to
pay huge amount by which he/she can easily afford the plastic furniture.

B, plastic furniture helps for the prevention of bugs infection as Bed bugs thrive under certain conditions which
are enhanced by the availability of hiding spots close to their human hosts. Bed bugs have a strong preference
for paper and wood, over metal and plastic. Porous surfaces provide more humidity and egg-laying locations.
Furniture choices can greatly contribute to the control of bed bugs.

C, plastic furniture are weighted lighter then the wooden furniture and they can be move accordingly by not
applying much efforts as required to move wooden furniture.

D, as for make or to produce wooden furniture one should need wood which come from single resource which is
trees. Which leads to deforestations and many people who prefers wooden furniture prefers that there furniture
must made up from the wood of timber or teak which becomes costly and they are the endangered species and
cutting down the tree and especially timber or teak government applied the huge bans on this procedure so
manufacturers before making furniture prefer to make plastic furniture and due to this wooden furniture are not
easily available

E, plastic furniture are more comfortable then the wooden furniture as most of he plastic furniture come in the
form of folding and which can easily be adjusted accordingly

F, plastic furniture is last longer then the wooden furniture as they are more preferred by the society

As concern social environment the manufacturing authorities of furniture goes on the above written points
which make plastic furniture more preferable then the wooden furniture and as the Indian society is now
becoming conscious about the society they moved aforestation instead of...
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HOW PACKAGING IS USED TO PROMOTE
PRODUCTS
The packaging should be manufactured from the right materials, ensuring that the product
inside is not damaged. Potential customers today expect packaging to be environmentally
friendly. Consequently, the use of sustainable, recyclable and bio-degradable materials is
essential. FSC trustpackaging, that is distinctive and different compared to the competition,
usually leads to customer interest.

Careful design of packaging, including aesthetics, colour schemes, shape and form, often
leads to a desire to learn more about the product inside. The choice of a culturally acceptable
colour scheme that targets potential customers, is also an important aspect of packaging.

Packaging is very important in the promotion of a product. Good packaging and interesting
aesthetics will attract the attention of potential customers. Good packaging can be influential
in the decision to purchase a product. Packaging in combination with an advertising
campaign and the right price, a product can be successful. Packaging, pricing and advertising
alone will not secure success, if the product does not live up to expectations.

Logos and symbols are often applied to packaging, especially by companies that regard their
products as a brand. Branded products often have an advantage over non-branded products.

Some successful products are promoted through competitions, contests, sales and discounts, on their packaging. Products
can also be promoted by a well known celebrity

Customers / potential customers can used their smart phones to enter an interactive world, directly from the QR code (Quick
Response Code) on the packaging of products. When scanned, the code directs the phone to display the website linked to the
product. This usually promotes the product and is often an attempt to persuade the customer to buy it.
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Crispin Lao in one of his articles on the Philippine Daily
Inquirer stated the succeeding story.

One drizzling day, Aling Saling bought half a kilo of rice. It

was put in a brown paper bag which the 40-year-old
housewife held at the bottom, all 10 -fingers at full
stretch. But one side of the bag ruptured, too weak to hold
even its meagre content. Aling Saling coddled her torn paper
bag like a baby to keep what was left of her precious rice from
spilling onto the wet pavement. She was torn: should she
kneel and pick up her rice one grain at a time or take refuge
from the rain and protect what was left? She walked on, her
shoulders hunched over her bag. Her experience captured the
essence of the continuing debate about the plastic ban, which
has resulted in the shift to the use of paper bags.

Our world today is experiencing an environmental dilemma

particularly on the numerous solid wastes around us. This is
what pushed the government to implement an ordinance that
would ban plastic bags and use paper bags instead. But did the
government thought of the possible environmental effects that
this alternative might bring? Are they positively aware that
using paper bags as a replacement for plastic bags could be of
much help to mankind and to our environment?

The use of plastic bags had been banned for the reason that it
clogs sewers and drainage canals that lead to floods and other
environmental damage. But, what people do not know is that
it comes with a lot of benefits. First, plastic bags are cheap,
reusable and can be recycled even when wet and can hold
heavy weights compared to paper bags. Second, they use less
energy when it comes to their production and it generates less
atmospheric pollution when produced and transported and
third, it is more weather friendly compared to paper bags and
for it to be made, trees do not need to be cut. These are the
main benefits of using plastic bags not only to the
environment but also to mankind.

Noli...
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***re use of acking of bottles

Once you have minimised your use of packaging, you should consider whether
your packaging can be designed so that it can be reused.

Reuse of packaging which requires the end customer to return packaging to the
supply chain - eg glass milk bottles - has been in decline for several years.
However, it is possible to have a level of reuse within your business and design
packaging that lends itself more easily to reuse. The most common form of
reuse for consumer products is of strong packaging that stays with the end user -
such as spice jars, biscuit tins or laundry detergent bottles.

You may also be able to reuse packaging within your own business or involve
other organisations - such as other businesses in your supply chain.

You should consider whether packaging intended for reuse will actually get
reused. For example, you may need to provide refills for people who already
have reusable jars, bottles, tins, etc.

There are several aspects of reuse that your business should consider when
designing product packaging.

Durability and weight

The options your business could consider include:

reinforcing existing packaging designs to turn a one-use pack into a reusable

system ensuring the finish of the packaging can withstand several reuses
making the packaging lightweight yet durable by using alternative materials
Use and handling

The options your business could consider include:

ensuring packaging is robust enough to be loaded and unloaded without any

significant damage making the packaging easy to collapse and stack with clear
markings on how the packs should be stacked or nested easy opening and
secure closing
easy label removal and attachment to allow reuse
Cleaning and refurbishment
The options your business could consider include:

designing the packaging so that it can easily be washed ready for reuse
making the packaging modular and repairable
ensuring the cleaning process can be completed with the minimum impact on
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***same topic
GLASS RECYCLING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SMASHING IDEA
Glass Bottle Packaging Reuse vs. Recycling

Imagine the following: You go to the kitchen, pull a glass out of the cabinet,
and pour a delicious glassful of "Wheat Grass and Cranberry Spritzer" or
whatever drink suits your fancy. You drink it down. Mmm. Then you put the
glass in the recycle bin. Every time you or someone else in your household uses
a glass for a drink, into the recycle bin it goes. Every week when you go to the
grocery store, you buy new glasses. Keep imagining.... Restaurants do the same
thingevery glass of wine, beer, water or whiskey they serve requires a new
glass, rather than being served in a glass that gets washed and reused.

What is the point of this Bizarro World of Glassware? The idea is to imagine
the inefficiency that would be inherent in such glass use:

the energy required to transport and process the additional "glass to be

recycled"; the energy required to create the new glassware from recycled glass
(or from raw materials, when people aren't recycling properly); the pollution
associated with these operations;

or, in the worst case, where people are too lazy to recycle their glasses, the
disposal costs. Of course, we do not do this with the glasses in our kitchen
cabinetswe reuse them hundreds of times. But realize that the Bizarro World
of Glassware DOES apply to glass bottle packaging. The glass bottles and jars
in which we buy juice, fancy teas, spaghetti sauce, and other food and beverage
products are not cleaned and reused in the US, they are recycled (or, all too
often, just tossed in the trash). Even the better case, recycling, requires the glass
bottle packaging to be stripped of its labels, melted down, and reformed into
new glass. This is far more energy-intensive than sterilizing and reusing the
bottles.

So, why don't we do the sensible thing and reuse...

The milk container market, one of the most important and traditional of all the food and beverage packaging
segments is ripe for sustainable developments and design novelties. From the glass milk bottle to the
existing plastic or cardboard containers over more than 60 years little changed in that market. Up till
recently.

Although for the majority of industries sustainability is solely a moral issue at best, pressure
of the environment conscious consumer in turning it around into an economic issue is
evident. As a consequence marketing departments and designers have to see it as a
creative challenge. The challenge is to come up with aesthetically attractive designs that are
environmentally responsible, grant the basics of protecting and presenting the product,
stimulate consumer behaviour to purchase and repurchase. Although not a consumer
requirement, an innovative packaging might be a sales-booster.
Here starts the contradiction. Some companies have introduced highly disruptive designs
creating a huge impact on the shelves in the supermarkets. Some have even managed to
create revolutions in a specific category of packaging by using different structures or
materials. However, consumers, hate change of the traditional and trusted day-to-day
products, and there is always a degree of resistance to anything that affects the tradition.
One of these traditional categories is the milk packaging.

According to the Tetra Pak Dairy Index, an annual information source on the
dairy industry, consumers are forecast to switch in huge numbers to packaged
white milk from loose milk in the decade to 2020.

According to Tetra Pak research, around 51 per cent of white milk consumed
in developing countries, which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri
Lanka, was bought loose and 49 per cent was bought in packages.

By 2014, around 55 per cent of white milk is forecast to be sold in packages,

which is then expected to climb further to 70 per cent by the year 2020, the
dairy index said.

Loose milk is typically unpasteurized and is carried in large metal cans on

bicycles and motorcycles from farms to homes in India. Although in cities like
Bangalore, Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad, the sale of
packaged milk outstrips loose milk, the countryside is dominated by the latter.

This paradigm is changing however because of economic growth which is

resulting in migration of people from the countryside to the city in search of
jobs, money and opportunity.
There has been a marked shift towards packaged milk, particularly in urban
areas, and a decline in loose milk consumption. The conversion from loose to
packaged milk will accelerate in the years to come, Sumit Khatter, marketing
manager at Tetra Pak India said.

People have more money, less time and they have moved away from the
countryside. They are increasingly living closer to a city grocery store than a
dairy farm, he said.

According to research by McKinsey Global Institution, Indias middle class,

which numbered around 50 million in 2007, is expected to reach 583 million or
41 per cent of the population by 2025.

According to Khatter, loose milk still accounts for more than 70 percent of
white milk sales, but the urban migration means milk from the countryside has
further to travel to reach consumers, creating an opportunity for packaged milk
retailers.

Tetra Pak research further showed that loose dairy products (LDP)
consumption in India is forecast to rise from close to 55bn litres in 2009 to
around 60bn litres in 2013.

Approximately 90 per cent of that consumption will be accounted for by white

milk, according to Tetra Pak research. Consumption of portion packs [600 ml]
is expected to rise from around 10bn litres in 2009 to almost 15bn litres by
2013.