What is Packaging? Until the 1950s, motor oil was delivered in bulk to service stations, which in turn measured it into 1-quart glass jars; premeasured oil in metal cans; - Now, milk delivery from glass bottles to a variety of plain and aseptic paper cartons, plastic bottles and flexible bags; - Tomorrow, how oil or milk will be delivered? - environmentally acceptable packaging (minimal waste) - choices of petrochemicals, wood pulp, and metal governed - the way we buy and consume oil or milk - milk delivered in refillable aluminum cans?
What is Packaging? Until the 1950s, motor oil was delivered in bulk to service stations, which in turn measured it into 1-quart glass jars; premeasured oil in metal cans; - Now, milk delivery from glass bottles to a variety of plain and aseptic paper cartons, plastic bottles and flexible bags; - Tomorrow, how oil or milk will be delivered? - environmentally acceptable packaging (minimal waste) - choices of petrochemicals, wood pulp, and metal governed - the way we buy and consume oil or milk - milk delivered in refillable aluminum cans?
Primitive Packaging 1.The origins of packaging - We don’t know what the first package was, but we can certainly speculate. - Primitive humans: nomadic hunter/gatherers, lived off the land. Social groupings restricted to family units. - They would have been subject to the geographical migrations of animals and the seasonal availability of plant food. - Such an extreme nomadic existence does not encourage property accumulation beyond what can be carried on one’s back
Primitive Packaging 1.The origins of packaging - We don’t know what the first package was, but we can certainly speculate. - Primitive humans: nomadic hunter/gatherers, lived off the land. Social groupings restricted to family units. - They would have been subject to the geographical migrations of animals and the seasonal availability of plant food. - Such an extreme nomadic existence does not encourage property accumulation beyond what can be carried on one’s back
Primitive Packaging - Primitive people needed containment and carrying devices, and out of this need came the first “package”. - a wrap of leaves; - an animal skin; - the shell of a nut or gourd; - a naturally hollow piece of wood; - the fire-bearer and the “packaging” of fire
Primitive Packaging - Primitive people needed containment and carrying devices, and out of this need came the first “package”. - a wrap of leaves; - an animal skin; - the shell of a nut or gourd; - a naturally hollow piece of wood; - the fire-bearer and the “packaging” of fire
Primitive Packaging 2.How packaging changed as social structures changed - 5000 B.C., domesticated plants and animals. - a reasonable food supply in a given vicinity; - evolutionary stage: supported larger social groups, gave birth to small tribal villages; - storage and transport containers needed for milk, honey, seed grains, nuts, and dried meat; - villages with access to different resources traded with their neighbors, requiring transport containers; - About 250 B.C., the Greek city-state period, law that affected packaging enacted
Primitive Packaging 2.How packaging changed as social structures changed - 5000 B.C., domesticated plants and animals. - a reasonable food supply in a given vicinity; - evolutionary stage: supported larger social groups, gave birth to small tribal villages; - storage and transport containers needed for milk, honey, seed grains, nuts, and dried meat; - villages with access to different resources traded with their neighbors, requiring transport containers; - About 250 B.C., the Greek city-state period, law that affected packaging enacted
Primitive Packaging 3. Early packaging materials - fabricated sacks, baskets, and bags, made from materials of plant or animal origin; wood boxes replaced hollow logs; a clay bowl, the fire-dried clay pots ( the pottery and ceramic trade). 4. The discovery of glass - By 2500 B.C., a hard inert substance in the fire’s remains; glass beads and figures made in Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq). - About 1500 B.C., the earliest hollow glass objects appeared in Mesopotamia and Egypt
Primitive Packaging 3. Early packaging materials - fabricated sacks, baskets, and bags, made from materials of plant or animal origin; wood boxes replaced hollow logs; a clay bowl, the fire-dried clay pots ( the pottery and ceramic trade). 4. The discovery of glass - By 2500 B.C., a hard inert substance in the fire’s remains; glass beads and figures made in Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq). - About 1500 B.C., the earliest hollow glass objects appeared in Mesopotamia and Egypt