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

这是一个与现代社会有相似之处的社会——以巨大的规模运输货物，生产高质量集装箱来完成，有时甚至在交货时就把它们丢弃。