On store shelves, most products are packed in glass bottles and containers: mayonnaise, mustard, milk and juice. There is no fear that children will break bottles, nobody complains that the glass is heavier and you have to be more careful when moving it. Bottles with interesting shapes are later used as vases, to others you can add a separate mechanism that closes them in a vacuum, almost like a cork.
The bread was wrapped up in paper instead of foil (tin or plastic, like nowadays). Sandwiches, for school or work, were wrapped in breakfast paper – resistant to fatty products and completely biodegradable!
Does any of this ring a bell from your childhood? For me, it sounds very similar. Romania, ex-communist country as well, as Poland, keeps a shared history. The photos above could be taken back in my motherland as well.
I find it a good movement the fact that people now are trying to go back to the eco-friendly ways of living – eg. buying bread in the paper wrapping again, reusing things, not throwing things but rather trying to fix things once they get broken… The only way we can make sure our children will have a better world is by making sure that each of us does their part and takes care of the environment as well!
Yours truly,
The Twisted Red LadyBug That Loves History
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