ABSTRACT
As packaging makes its way through our homes, whether it is re-used or not can depend on its material qualities and on the dispositions of its temporary owners. The previous two chapters have discussed the material and human qualities that seem to be relevant to this but have not emphasized their location in time and space – the where and when of packaging re-use. This chapter focuses on the ways that the physical arrangement of our domestic spaces influence packaging re-use and some of the ways that their built form both reflects the assumption that everyday life produces packaging waste and affords opportunities to divert some of it for a second life fulfilling a secondary function.
