Disposable razors are almost always cheaper than
buying blades for a razor. They are disposable by their nature and therefore
create more waste than just a blade, but for some reason, the companies that
sell them insist on creating even more waste with their packaging.
Here are two examples of disposable razors that I've
bought in the past several months.
Gillette Venus Disposable Razors
These razors come in a semi-rigid plastic tray with a
piece of plastic fused over the top that one must peel back to access the
razors. There is a bunch of wasted plastic in this format. Why can’t they just
come in a little Ziploc bag?
Equate Disposable Razors
These razors also came in the plastic tray format with
the piece of plastic fused over top to be peeled back. There was a lot of
empty space in the tray.
I just can’t believe that
they can’t think of better way to package disposable razors. Or is the large
packaging just a ploy to get consumers to notice them on a crowded shelf and in
a crowded industry? Whatever the reason, I hope that someone stops this trend
of giant plastic packages for disposable razors and thereby leads the way to
less waste. Everyone benefits when overpackaging stops.
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