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packaging  

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  • Packaging is any form of material or process used to prepare goods for distribution and sale in the market. It includes tin cans, paper and plastic bags, polystyrene balls, and high-tech covering for human organs transported from one hospital to an other for transplanting. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Packaging]

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