The *&%$# clamshells that are a pain to open are going away [View All]

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And it's about time!!!!

Retailers burst plastic bubble
The *&%$# clamshells that are a pain to open are going away

By Mary Ellen Podmolik
Special to the Tribune
Published September 3, 2006

You buy vitamins or a video game, tools or a toy. All that now stands between you and your purchase is a thick layer of rigid plastic that seems tougher to crack than Ft. Knox.

The ever-so-frustrating process of opening it has yielded the term wrap rage. But now there are moves by leading retailers and consumer products manufacturers to replace that plastic packaging with materials that would be friendlier to the consumer and the environment.

The end may be near for the seemingly impenetrable plastic clamshell package.

Costco Wholesale Corp. will begin rolling out to its membership warehouses this fall more product packaging that combines plastic and stiff cardboard.

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