amount of packaging
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandpackaging
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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packaging
noun[U]
uk/ˈpæk.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈpæk.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
the materials in which objects are wrapped before ...
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(Definition ofamountandpackagingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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By increasing theamountofpackagingreused, producers are therefore able to reduce their costs of compliance.
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We have been discussing with the packaging industry ways of eliminating unnecessary packaging and reducing theamountofpackagingthat is thrown away.
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The regulations also give an incentive to packaging designers to plan for recycling and to minimise theamountofpackaging.
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One was that a considerable reduction could be made in theamountofpackagingthat was used.
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The volume grows year by year because of the increasingamountofpackagingand the expansion of fast food shops.
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Businesses have already begun to respond to consumer demand by reducing theamountofpackaging.
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There is certainly a case for reducing theamountofpackaging—which causes many people concern—to the minimum necessary.
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Broadly, by 2001, we are aiming to double theamountofpackagingwaste—paper, glass, plastic, steel and aluminium—that we recycle or recover.
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Theamountofpackagingon such fruits as apples and pears and soft fruits is limited, and this keeps the price down.
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As an increasingamountofpackagingis formed of indestructible plastic, it will never be broken down by the agencies of time and decay.
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Theamountofpackagingwaste producers have to recover and recycle is determined, in part, by theamountofpackagingthey handle.
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Therefore, businesses can save money if they reduce theamountofpackagingthey handle.
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No estimates exist as to variations in theamountofpackagingas a whole over the last 10 years.
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There will be a few comfortable sounding euphemisms such as "social ownership" instead of renationalisation, but noamountofpackagingwill disguise it.
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Theamountofpackagingnecessary for the protection of any particular goods is clearly a matter of opinion.
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Such a limit would be very difficult to enforce and is not necessary to achieve the environmental objective of reducing theamountofpackagingwaste going to final disposal.
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The requirement on producers to recycle existing packaging is better than nothing, but it does nothing to reduce theamountofpackagingin the first place.
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The packaging directive, for example, requires that a certain amount of waste is recycled but does not reduce theamountofpackagingused in the first place.
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However, if the purpose is to increase theamountofpackagingthat is reused or recycled, there is little evidence to show that money has been invested to achieve it.
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We must ensure that those involved in marketing and retailing present their products for the public to see and to buy without including a hugeamountofpackaging.
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