Some packaging substrates are worse than others. It’s bad enough that consumers are drowning in a vast sea of plastic waste, but for the time being, brands are going to keep feeding us a steady diet of it. So, if you have a client that steadfastly insists on using something as pernicious as polystyrene, then this might be guide is for you.

Created to cover, recognize, preserve, and transport goods from where they get manufactured to the point of consumption, product packaging has a cross-sectional presence in almost all household, consumer, and industrial activities.

And most of that packaging is made of plastic.