One of my major irritations along this line is HP's packaging of printer inks. They use a 7.6 ounce package of non-recyclable (by my service) plastic, roughly 14" x 9.9" x 3" to pack a 1 cu in cartridge that's about 3/4 of an ounce, and that requires compound lever aviation metal snips (or a hacksaw) to get open. (I have, a couple of times, flopped one of them on the table saw to get into the package.)
Then inside the package is the little slip of paper bragging about their "environmentally friendly cartridge recycling program."
I bought a new pair of tin snips to keep by my desk just for opening ink packages - - - but I haven't been able to get them out of their package as yet.