This was a society with similarities to a modern one—moving goods on a gigantic scale, manufacturing high-quality containers to do so, and occasionally, as here, even discarding them on delivery.

这是一个与现代社会有相似之处的社会——大规模运输货物，为此制造高质量的集装箱，有时甚至在递送时就把它们丢弃。