Eco-packaging

Recently, my computer's power supply showed signs of going bad. It also had a bad fan, so that was further incentive to replace it. I decided on a replacement Antec 'EarthWatts' high-efficiency power supply. Furthering its 'eco' motif, the packaging was fairly minimal... egg crate spacers and a paper wrapper. The only plastic to be found in the packaging was the shrinkwrap on the outside of the box.

There are other advantages to minimalist packaging: it's easy to unpack and there's less waste to dispose of. I hope that manufacturers of other packaging material used in tech take this route: it makes things a lot easier. Frankly, the amount of plastic that goes to waste on a computer case or a motherboard is embarrassing.