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Article created by: Austėja Akavickaitė

We know what a lot of you Pandas are like. You care about Mother Earth and its delicious bamboo groves, lush forests, and comfy nooks and crannies where you can nap. So you recycle. You also cycle to work instead of driving your Pandamobile. And you buy products that are more eco-friendly and use less plastic. Because every little step really does matter.

But let’s face it, if you’re like us, sometimes when you walk into a grocery store you might lose hope when you spot just how much unnecessary packaging is used to pack some food products. And by unnecessary packaging, we mean U n N e C e S s A r Y to the point that you feel all of your environmentally friendly actions suddenly mean very little when faced with systemic issues on an industrial scale.

We wanted to show you just how plastically insane things can get, so our bamboo-loving Bored Panda team hiked all through the internet wilds to bring you the most egregious examples of wasteful food packaging. Have a scroll down below, upvote the pics that made you want to throw your recycling bin at somebody, and let us know how you feel about all of this plastic waste in the comments.

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#1

Ridiculously Redundant Over-Packaging

Crab meat packaging displayed on foam trays causing confusion about product form at grocery store seafood section.

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    Hong Kong Supermarket Selling Individually Plastic Wrapped And Boxed Strawberry. For $21. One Strawberry

    Strawberry in misleading food packaging showing only one fruit, highlighting food packaging fails and consumer reactions.

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    #3

    Replacing The Egg Shell With More Plastic To Go Into The Ocean

    Bags of eggs in clear plastic packaging, highlighting a food packaging fail that confused customers at the store.

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    #4

    Packaged Chopped Parsley

    Empty food packaging with scattered herbs inside, showcasing a classic food packaging fail example.

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    #5

    Plastic Has To Removed From Every Single Mini Sausage Before Cooking

    Small sausages individually wrapped in plastic inside a larger package showing food packaging design fail.

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    #6

    If Only Oranges Came With Their Own Protective Packaging So We Didn't Have To Use Plastic

    Peeled oranges packaged in plastic container showing incorrect food packaging and pricing confusion in grocery store.

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    #7

    Individually Wrapped Grapes In Japan

    Small fruit pieces in oversized clear plastic food packaging, an example of food packaging being so wrong.

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    #8

    Your Coke Needs That Plastic

    Coca-Cola cans awkwardly packaged in large plastic containers, showcasing food packaging fails in a supermarket shelf.

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    #9

    The Three Layers Of Plastic Protection For These Oranges. How Is This Even Allowed?

    Hand holding a packaged orange wrapped in excessive plastic showing a common food packaging fail in a store setting.

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    #10

    Such A Waste Of Plastic

    Orange bell peppers individually wrapped in plastic, showcasing an example of food packaging gone wrong.

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    #11

    Asparagus Water???

    Clear plastic bottles containing water with fresh asparagus inside, illustrating food packaging fail with asparagus.

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    #12

    What Can You Even Make With 1 Tomato?? The Styrofoam Bedding

    Hand holding a food package with a single oddly shaped tomato, showing times food packaging was so wrong.

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    #13

    I Can’t Even Imagine How Much Plastic Waste Is Just Sitting In Landfills Because Of Pointless Things Like This

    Russet potatoes individually wrapped in plastic packaging, an example of food packaging fails and waste.

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    #14

    Pre Peeled Bananas In Plastic. There Is So Much Wrong With This!!

    Food packaging showing peeled bananas packaged like sausages, an example of food packaging fails.

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    #15

    Spraying Water Over Vegetables Wrapped In Plastic, Complete Waste

    Bell peppers and celery displayed in plastic packaging, an example of food packaging that may confuse or frustrate shoppers.

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    #16

    Looks Like Some People Are Still Grapeling With Their New Year's Resolutions

    Food packaging fail showing a package with few grapes, highlighting problems with misleading food packaging design.

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    #17

    Harry & David Strawberries

    Strawberries packed in foam tray with inconsistent shapes highlighting food packaging errors people noticed and shared online.

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    #18

    Wouldn't It Be Nice If Fruit Like Bananas Had Their Own Natural Packaging To Help Reduce Plastic Pollution?

    Bananas individually packaged in plastic with yellow tops, demonstrating unusual food packaging mistakes and errors.

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    #19

    This Is Some Next Level Laziness

    Tray of peeled tangerine slices packaged as whole fruit, illustrating food packaging mistakes frustrating consumers.

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    #20

    My Wife Wanted Peeled Garlic. They Peeled, Then Individually Wrapped Them

    Package of whole peeled garlic showing nutritional info and organic label, illustrating food packaging fail with clear plastic window.

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    #21

    A Packaged Lemon, With The Slogan "Waste Less, Enjoy More"

    Vacuum-sealed packaging containing only one small lemon wedge, illustrating food packaging fails and waste issues.

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    #22

    My Hellofresh Meal Kit Came With 4 Individually Bagged Carrots And A Bagged Slice Of Bread

    Carrots individually packed in small plastic bags with food packaging errors, highlighting waste and absurdity.

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    #23

    This Individually Packaged Slice Of Whole Wheat Bread

    Single slice of whole grain wheat bread in packaging labeled whole grain bread, highlighting food packaging mistakes.

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    #24

    Cannot Beleaf This From M&s

    Single lime leaf in oversized food packaging held by hand, showing an example of food packaging fail and waste.

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    #25

    If Only Bananas Had Robust, Natural, Bio-Degradable Packaging Of Their Own. Some Sort Of Peelable Skin, Perhaps

    Bananas individually packaged in trays with plastic wrap, an example of food packaging fails people couldn't stay silent about.

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    #26

    It's Getting Hot In Here, So Take Off All Your Cloves

    Two garlic bulbs packaged in a black tray with plastic wrap, an example of food packaging mistakes and errors.

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    #27

    The Most Ridiculous Part About Living In Japan: Plastic Everywhere!

    Watermelons individually wrapped in plastic bags in baskets, illustrating food packaging that confuses or frustrates shoppers.

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    #28

    Individually Wrapped Gummy Bears

    Blue gummy bear packaging opened with individual gummy bears scattered, showing a packaging fail in food design.

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    #29

    These Peeled Avocados Wrapped In Plastic

    Hand holding two halved avocados in plastic packaging, showing food packaging fail with uneven avocado halves.

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    #30

    Individually Wrapped Peppers That Are Used For Salad And Pre Cut Into 1/4s Just To Have To Be Cut Again Into Smaller Pieces

    Close-up of red bell pepper pieces individually wrapped in plastic inside a cardboard box, showing food packaging fail.


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