There's still time to nominate and win!
Home » Blog » Siobhan Leathley » There's still time to nominate and win!Sick and tired of having to use scissors to open your razor packet? Hate filling up your bin with all the plastic left over from wrapped veggies? Here’s a chance to have your say on some of the best and worst packaging on New Zealand’s shelves
Nominate the best and worst packaging in New Zealand for the Unpackit Awards and go in to win one of five gorgeous Loopcase shopping bags. Get in quick! Nominations close on February 10, 2012. Read more on the Unpackit website.
'Worst packaging' nominations include:
- Healtheries Snack Packs: "Good snacks, bad packaging."
- Bey Blades: "Those things are sealed up tighter than Fort Knox."
- Plastic-wrapped veggies: "Somehow you feel less virtuous for buying these once you see all the plastic waste."
- Gillette Venus Razor: "Takes longer to get the razor out of the packet than it does to shave your legs."
'Best packaging' nominations include:
- Cafe Prima's compostable bag: "A morning cup of coffee is so much more rewarding when you know the empty bean bag can be used in your garden."
- Ecostore's laundry and dishwashing refills: "Reducing packaging and promoting reuse."
- The Keen shoebox: "Made with natural dyes, recycled cardboard and unbleached recycling paper."
- Sistema lunchboxes: "An eco way to stop your child's lunch getting squashed in their bag and great for adults too."
Voting will close on 1 June, the winner will be announced shortly after
View some of the other nominations and make your own here.
Sat February 04, 2012 @ 09:59 PM
