Packaging Heaven, or should that be Hell?

It's the school holidays and one of the kids just had a birthday.

What has that to do with packaging?

Lovely amounts of coloured paper and foil to chase (Yippee!), plastic bags to crackle (Oh Joy!), lots of fun for frisky cats but, to quote the cat in the hat, "that is not all, oh no, that is not all."

Have you ever tried to get a kid's toy out of the packaging?

The excess packaging around toys seems to have escaped the attentions of the reduce waste movement and various tree huggers. One thing for sure is that no kid can rip into their new toy unaided or even armed with scissors. Premoulded plastic, cardboard, wires, thread, clear rubber bands, tape and glue abound. It is well beyond what is required to deter shop lifters.

The only reason I can think of that some MP hasn't spoken out about this is that they have never had to spend 30 minutes with scissors and side cutters trying to unpack an impatient girl's new Bratz doll and no dolphin, sea lion or hapless duck could get caught up in the snipped up remains.