Packaging system and method

A packaging system for goods, comprising:

• a box for holding the goods, the box having four side walls, a front face and a rear face;
• wherein the front face comprises a wall provided with a window;
• wherein the rear face comprises an opening;
• wherein the packaging system further comprises either
• (i) a plastic film wrapped around the box, the plastic film covering the front face and the rear face of the box and thereby retaining the goods within the box;
• or
• (ii) at least one band placed around the box, the at least one band being placed around the box so as to encircle the front face and the rear face of the box and thereby retain the goods within the box;
• and wherein the opening in the rear face is configured to allow the goods to be pushed out of the box through the opening when the box is resting on one of its side walls and after the plastic film or the at least one band has been removed.

A method of unpacking goods from a package formed of a box and either a plastic film or at least one band,

• wherein the goods are positioned inside the box, the box having four side walls, a front face comprising a wall provided with a window, and a rear face comprising an opening, the opening in the rear face being configured to allow the goods to be pushed out of the box through the opening when the box is resting on one of its side walls,
• wherein either (i) the plastic film has been wrapped around the box, and the plastic film comprises perforations along one of the side walls, or (ii) the at least one band has been placed around the box;
• the method comprising:
• locating the perforations and breaking the film by pulling the film apart along the perforations and removing the film from the box, or cutting the band,
• placing a hand or a tool through the window in the front face,
• pushing the goods through the opening in the rear side of the box.