Environment / B2

PAK-ij-ing/ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/

Packaging is the materials used to wrap and protect goods (usually uncountable): plastic packaging; packaging waste. A package is one wrapped item (already in the dictionary); packing is putting things into bags. Quote the packaging waste figure in the case. Mix-up: packing / packet. Do not write “a packaging” as a countable box.

Meaning

Materials used to wrap and protect goods (usually uncountable).

Examples

• “Quote the packaging waste figure, not a brand slogan, in the case study.”
• “Excess packaging featured in the environmental audit, which is the materials sense.”

Good to know

packaging waste / materials; excess packaging. Countable twin: a package. Trap: packing / packet. Geography, business, and news. Wrapping materials, not one parcel.

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