What is Packaging? 3. How packaging changes to meet society’s needs - Packaging is not a recent phenomenon. - Packaging is an activity closely associated with the evolution of society and, can be traced back to human beginnings. - The nature, degree, and amount of packaging at any stage of a society’s growth reflect the needs, cultural patterns, material availability and technology of that society. - A study of packaging’s changing roles and forms over the centuries is a study of the growth of civilization. - Social changes are inevitably reflected in the way we package, deliver and consume goods.What is Packaging? 3. How packaging changes to meet society’s needs - Packaging is not a recent phenomenon. - Packaging is an activity closely associated with the evolution of society and, can be traced back to human beginnings. - The nature, degree, and amount of packaging at any stage of a society’s growth reflect the needs, cultural patterns, material availability and technology of that society. - A study of packaging’s changing roles and forms over the centuries is a study of the growth of civilization. - Social changes are inevitably reflected in the way we package, deliver and consume goods