Lidl, Marks and Spencer's and Amazon are among the retailers who held their hands up when shoppers slammed them for some of the excess packaging sent to customers.
They may be taking drastic moves to ditch free plastic bags, but it's time they took at look as some of the packaging used on their products.
Here are some of the greatest moments over the years where retailers have got it all wrong.
Nose out of joint
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One person called out Tesco for their prepackaged meat that comes on a plastic tray and covered in the stuff.
They wrote: "What is with that big plastic tray? It's unnecessary and is really thick and in in two parts."
Rubber balls-up
A Euro Office customer tweeted the stationary company when a ball of rubber bands they'd ordered came in a box big enough to house a few books.
They pointed out that the air-filled plastic pockets weren't really needed because elastic bands don't break when they're dropped.
A job halved?
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This one was spotted in a shop in the United States. It's an avocado that's already been cut in half and then packaged in plastic to stop it from going off so quickly.
The customer pointed out that "adding packaging to an avocado is strange to say the least".
At least the extra packaging allowed the makers to point out it's a "gluten-free" avocado. So like all avos, then.
Packet in
Buying grated Parmesan cheese is a luxury in itself, but does it really need to be packed inside individual sachets, inside one big sachet?
Besides, we love cheese and no amount of portion control from the supermarkets it going to stop us from tucking into more than one of these...
Cakes no sense
One tweeter complained to Morrisons after they spotted individual cupcakes packed in plastic cups that could fit at least two inside.
They wrote: "That's pure waste! What's wrong with a cardboard box!? A paper bag!?"
Spuddy hell
An Asda customer took to social media to point out that four potatoes don't really need to be put in a plastic tray inside a plastic wrapper.
They wrote: "So much unnecessary packaging for four potatoes".
You're twisting my melon, man
These are strong words from a customer who felt exasperated about the amount of plastic used to protect pre-prepared fruit.
Off their swedes
Another tweeter couldn't understand the need to wrap swedes in a layer of plastic.
They wrote: "Please do something about your unnecessary plastic packaging, swedes do not need to be wrapped."
Snow joke
Last Christmas, Sainsbury's packaged a festive roll in a plastic box that looked like a snow globe.
While it looked pretty, we reckon that kind of plastic use is some thing we can do without.
Don't see the ap-peel
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Shoppers criticised Lidl for the unap-peel-ing (get it?) and "unnecessary" use of wrapping on its "ready to cook naked onions".
Lidl said they were trialling the products but shoppers weren't impressed.
Mang-no
Francesca pointed out on twitter that many fruits, like mangoes, come naturally with a peel-able skin.
The need for plastic on them isn't really needed.
Bananadrama
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Morrisons is taking steps to reduce the amount of plastic used in stores but back in 2014 it was a different story.
The store used to sell single bananas in polyester packaging which can't be recycled.
What the guac?
Avocados naturally come with a tough peel which is nature's way of giving it a protective layer.
The fruits were born free and they should stay free - ban the plastic!
Wimbledon't
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Gimmicks can be a bit of fun but it's not always necessary when it comes to plastic, like these Aldi apples.
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