Playmobil packaging has been marked with the "Grüner Punkt" (Green Dot) since the late 80's.
Build a house out of old Playmobil boxes like building blocks, stucco the outside and put a metal roof on it .
like where I live, we are required to travel 10 miles to a recycling center, wasting gas & time, & most of the time the containers are overflowing causing even more problems on a busy weekend. Most neighbors on my street have stopped hauling their recyclable items due to the inconvience.
Thank you for this explanation on the PM boxes LHAAP. After reading the definition of the symbol it would appear that if Playmobil would shrink packaging sizes it would cost them less in licensing fee's being another win win for them, plus causing lower shipping costs, and preserving the environment. I don't see a positive for continuing to manufacture boxes in this current trend. Plus another off topic issue that is raising consumer costs is the recycle fee's for plastic that they use in production. "In simple terms, the system encourages manufacturers to cut down on packaging as this saves them the cost of licence fees.""German licence fees are calculated using the weight of packs, each material type used and the volumes of product produced per annum."
You bring up an interesting point here, BB. In my area, remembering to recycle is just a matter of putting it in the right bin. We have recycling pick-up once a week. But for some people, it isn't so easy, and so they don't bother to do it. I forget sometimes that there isn't a recycle truck that comes around everywhere.
If that is how it reads than I think this is having a negative impact on the toy itself. Playmobil seems to still want to make the big boxes with lots of air space. In the past they would put in the dividers to keep the items from banging around. Now if they want the same size box but they are rewarded to use less than the first thing to go is the dividers. Now if you read Martins reviews he notices the banging around is scratching up the sets giving the consumer a negative first impression
That's crazy. They really should offer recycling services. Is it a rather rural area where you are?