Packages, inside of packages, inside of packages . . .
More paper is used for packages than for any other product.
The price of food and retail items sometimes doubles because of packaging. But consider the nineteenth century alternative of buying food from bulk in barrels, buckets, and boxes. Besides convenience, and efficiency packaging introduced sanitation to shopping. Today, commercial and publication printing have competition from the electronic and digital media. Catalogs and directories are increasingly being distributed on CD or via the internet.