首页
登录
职称英语
To get a chocolate out of a box demands a considerable amount of unpacking:
To get a chocolate out of a box demands a considerable amount of unpacking:
游客
2023-09-10
18
管理
问题
To get a chocolate out of a box demands a considerable amount of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of its paper bag the plastic wrapper has to be tom off, the lid opened and the packing paper inside removed; the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper. Similarly a pot of face cream comes surrounded by layers of paper, wedged inside a cardboard box, and the whole thing wrapped tightly in plastic.
It is not only luxuries which are wrapped in this way. With so many goods now produced centrally and sold in supermarkets it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything from nails to potatoes that is not already done up in plastic or paper.
The wrapper itself is of no interest to the shopper, who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the 31 pounds in weight of rubbish put out by the average London household each week. So why is it done? Some of it, like the wrapping on meat, is necessary, but most of the rest is simply competitive selling. This is stupid. Packaging is using up scarce energy and raw materials and mining our surroundings. Costs of the raw materials used in packaging are rising all the time. One big firm reports that its glass, cans and paper have all gone up by 30 per cent in the last couple of months, while plastic has increased by 50 percent and all these prices are still rising. This seems as yet to have had surprisingly little effect on the packaging practice of manufacturers.
Little research is being carded out on the costs in energy and materials of other possible types of packaging. Just how practical is it, for instance, for local authorities to save waste paper and re-manufacture it as egg-boxes? Would it be cheaper to plant another forest to produce new paper?
One reason for the unorganized behaviour of everyone concerned is probably the varied nature of the packaging industry. So many people, with so many different interests of their own, are affected that it is extremely hard to reach any agreement on what should be done. Also, packagers say that preserving forests and preventing waste is not their concern. [br] The costs of packaging rise because ______.
选项
答案
costs of materials used in packaging are rising
解析
文章第三段还提到生产包装产品的原材料的价格一直上涨,因此包装的成本越来越高。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3001547.html
相关试题推荐
Togetachocolateoutofaboxdemandsaconsiderableamountofunpacking:
Togetachocolateoutofaboxdemandsaconsiderableamountofunpacking:
Flyingdemandsamuchgreatersupplyofenergy__________(比其他运输方式).thandomost
______(我一点都不知道)theamountofplanningortheamountofmoneythatwentintoth
[originaltext]Inarecentstudy,shopperswereaskedtotasteachocolate-
Itiscommonlyheldthatdrinkingmoderateamountsofalcoholcanreduceth
Itiscommonlyheldthatdrinkingmoderateamountsofalcoholcanreduceth
Itiscommonlyheldthatdrinkingmoderateamountsofalcoholcanreduceth
Itiscommonlyheldthatdrinkingmoderateamountsofalcoholcanreduceth
Itiscommonlyheldthatdrinkingmoderateamountsofalcoholcanreduceth
随机试题
Atleastsomeoftheweatherextremesbeingseenaroundtheworldareconseq
框架填充墙在沿墙平面方向地震作用时,其破坏形式为( )。
下列关于墩台帽和盖梁施工的说法中正确的是( )。A.支架宜直接支承在承台以外的
关于低钾血症病因的描述,错误的是A.禁食或长期进食不足 B.严重腹泻 C.急
深交所某只上市股票某日最后一笔成交发生在14:59:30,成交价格为10.0
案例一 (一)资料 2020年2月,某审计组对甲公司2019年度财务收支进行
申请总经理、副总经理的任职资格,应当担任期货公司、证券公司等金融机构部门负责人以
患儿,男性,6岁,因舌部血管瘤拟在全身麻醉下手术切除,采用气管内插管全身麻醉的最
国内铁路包裹运输保险规定,发现托运包裹受损,必须在()天之内向当地保险公司申请
下列情形中,为被审计单位的相关人员提供了舞弊的机会的是( )。A.高层管理人员的
最新回复
(
0
)