Function: Containment

This function of packaging is often being overlooked by many, but it is the basic function of packaging. With the exception of large, discrete products, all other products must be contained before they can be moved from one place to another. The “packaging”, whether it is a milk bottle or a bulk cement rail wagon, must contain the product to function successfully. Without containment, pollution will widespread.
The containment function of packaging makes a huge contribution to protecting the environment from numerous of products which are moved from one place to another on several occasions each day in any modern society. Faulty packaging (or underpackaging) would result in major pollution of the environment.