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deaththeunholy
Recycling at its finest
AnxiaTeaDD
This post reminds of Xmas mornings as a kid, my mom wrapped everything in old cereal/food boxes.
JhericFury
reusing packaging? The horror
someonesdissapointment
The sure sign of privilege - the idea that something is single use and garbage when its clean and can be used again
cupcakercdl
Recycle !!!
Patron03041
I do a lot of selling on ebay, most of the time I ship items in cat food boxes. The other day I used a takeout pizza box to ship a plate
Patron03041
I would otherwise have to buy boxes, why should I do that, if I have those :)
SeekTheLight100
Love this idea. Recycling and a good laugh? Yes please!
Totallyscrewedinaustin
I shipped a box the other day in a box a light came in. I flipped it inside out before I shipped it though...
TheOriginalAmberRose
I love this idea.
IveGotRedOnMe
Not sure I want to get to know the ppl who genuinely feel slighted over what packaging their items are delivered in.
ThatsProbablyInMyBag
Box is a box
RegalOctopus
Remember to Reduce - Reuse - Recycle folks!
idontfinishmysentences
I’m fully supportive of reduce/reuse/recycle
Avialle
It seems like some of you buy new boxes when sending something? For me That is the weird part..
Iwannaseeit
Right!? Like why would I waste money when I have a perfectly good box? Same with Christmas presents
Merky600
I need to get some “product “ boxes from the dumpster behind Adult Store. That’d make a mailing gifts to friends fun again.
IHateToSayThisButILoveYou
If it fits, it ships.
Sutashi
I'm currently preparing a box to ship to a friend. I used an empty fruit chews box. It's the perfect size & it's thick.
SectionF4
Yeah, who gives a shit? I've only used recycled boxes when shipping things.
1c3d1v3r
If you need to ship something large use the box which came with your moms dildo
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vicvalour
Sometimes cheaper to buy something you don't need from Amazon prime just for a free box
LordAndSaviourBirdJesus
That cat looks anything but friendly.
DrWaluigi
Why pay for a new box when you’re out of cereal? Like seriously
cormone
What is tingly prawn cocktail
ceceoh
I don’t know but I hope whatever he ordered didn’t smell like tingly prawn.
philke5
Reuse>recycle, I think it's greay
furriephillips
I once received a credit card PIN in a gaudily coloured envelope, with patterns & a ribbon on it, like it was a love letter. StealthSecurity
TossedSaladsandScrambledEggs
I think it's pretty cool. Kind of a retro feel. Idk why.
beaubrent
Reuse, repurpose. Good for these folk.
CausticLemonEnema
Whats depop?
phtsl
Ebay for clothes I think. Never heard of it before now. Had to Google it
KeyLimeAnxiety
If someone did this to me I would be thrilled. ✨Sustainability✨
HandsomePenguin
Its called recycling, sheesh.
DanniLuxgarbe
i think it's a little weird to recycle a chipboard box this way. I absolutely reuse cardboard boxes that I receive, though.
VC999999
Single ply boxes (such as cereal) are made of cardboard. (think of the name, card board). Something shipped from (eg) Amazon would......
VC999999
be in a corrugated cardboard box, with a wavy centre (the corrugations) and single ply cardboard on either side.
Mansooratyale
Little trick, flip any box inside out and it turned into blank shipping box, done it million times
Sinmiedo1931
Very smart.
LucyLovegood
Great idea, had never thought of that!
Zaryamain
How do you flip a cereal box inside out what
NeverConfusedForNaught
Undo the folds and eventual glue and fold it backwards replacing glue with tape. Can be done with any box
LucyLovegood
Great idea, had never thought of that!
boardfuniguess
I mean they are good boxes lol. I assume the products made it in ok condition
sliveroflight
The book in the sandbag maybe not so much.
Snowballfight
They are all good boxes bront
lemmesmashplease
11/10
ZombeyHepburn
InquisitorOctaviusoftheOrdoMalleus
Full size Debra
feryooday
I will never not love this
CarnivorousRabbit
Yeah uh, I'm gonna need a full video too.
Vilgashem
I’m gonna need a full video, thanks.
ZombeyHepburn
I. So sorry. Every time I post this, someone asks for more or a full video. I am a pirate, nothing more.
IlluminaBlade
I don't think there is a full video. enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKOL8axGKI instead.
NotAPervert
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Laheeho
I mean...they found a way to reuse cardboard that would've gone in a landfill? Not saying I'd do that, but at least it's recycling.
silverwolf0
The health aspect. Sticky sugar and germs and possibly poop. And the super flimsy aspect.
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JohnSmithterms
are worried about germs. I worked in a chocolate factory. Ive seen outside shoes contaminate surfaces where ingredients are unloaded. 2/2
JohnSmithterms
If you think all food production happens in white labcoats with rubber gloves .... it does. But not always. 3/3
Corrodias
Please do not shit inside your parcels before shipping them. And if your cereal is infested with live insects, don't eat it.
Corrodias
Having sticky and filthy cereal boxes is NOT the norm. Throw out your cereal immediately.
StenYngve
I also don't see an issue with this. Do people maybe take issue that food was inside? I mean the food came wrapped in plastic inside, right?
breezybriv
Especially for cereal boxes. They’re perfect parcel shipping size
diehardlance
I think it’s clever. What’s more likely to get stolen off your porch. Box clearly from Amazon or what looks like a random box of cereal?
StubbyJohnson
Damn never even thought of this
StenYngve
Yea, that's a good point friend
Anonamo
I'm good with all the boxes, it's the skips bag that bothers me. They have a strong smell not everyone would like. xD
StenYngve
We don't have those in my country but I get that maybe not all products are suitable
ShenanigansForHireExperiencedBeerTasterAndCraicFacilitator
Aaaaaaaand now I'm craving 14 bags of Skips. Sake.
JPRiddles
Except that's a mutlipack bag. No actual skips touched the inside of that bag, just more bags.
Anonamo
Thank you! I totally forgot that was a thing tbh haha I've gotten used to family size crisps in Germany that are only one bag.
UserNameFieldBlank
I do it, it's pretty normal when it's person to person not company to person
LisaFromOZ
I’ve done shit like this in a pinch, but i wrap paper over it or sticky tape a garbage to it so the packaging isnt so busy
JohnSmithterms
That anyone complains about this is example of why our planet is fucked. People want shiny. Fuck the planet. Still, turn em inside out ffs.
Iknowphotoshop
I mean cardboard is bio-degradable, the only real thing I guess is getting more mileage out of the CO2 used to create the box.
Mechwarrior719
The paper part is biodegradable. But some cardboard has fiberglass mixed in for structure.
Lori123456
Cereal boxes?
TrueNorthernLights
He didn't say some cerealboxes, he was just stating a fact not all cardboard is recyclable.
TrueNorthernLights
*biodegradable
theplantladyisabenevolentruler
Unfortunately, even biodegradable things don’t break down properly in landfills, so single-use anything is a huge problem
Vareen
And fell the trees and deforest some spaces to plant fast growing tree monocultures
ArcaneAlchemist
youve forgotten the core tenets behind reduce, reuse, recycle. lowering demand for new boxes means less gasoline burned by logging...
ArcaneAlchemist
equipment, less trees turned to pulp for paper, less paper mills running on coal generators, and overall less damage to the environment...
ArcaneAlchemist
in comparison to tossing your cardboard in the bin or recycling it. reduce and reuse come first. recycling is never 100% efficient.
ArcaneAlchemist
so in a way, yeah its getting more milage, but its so much more than just "its biodegradable so its fine either way."
KWJester49
Also saves them from having to buy a new box to ship in
Iknowphotoshop
Usually they give those boxes to ship out for free. (At least in the US)
KWJester49
If you go through the post office in the us you either have to provide your own box or buy theirs, usps doesn’t charge for the box til 1/2
KWJester49
You actually go to send it as part of the cost of flat rate shipping. 2/2
LaurenLikesStuff
Idk where in the US you’re getting yours for free. I just paid $4 for a box plus $20 shipping to send something to my folks in the Midwest.
Ivalicenyan
I do it. I cut the box on a seam so I can fold it inside out so that it's one color all around. That's one box I didn't throw away or had -
Ivalicenyan
To pay for. Not only that, but it's efficient shipping since you can scale the box down to the size of the product as opposed to amazon-
Ivalicenyan
That can use comically large boxes and packing materials for small objects. Even if it's goofy to re-use a box like this, it's practical.
JohnSmithterms
Yup me too. Its a no brainer for anything sturdy.
Alfadorfox
Technically it's reusing. The whole "reduce, reuse, recycle" triple: reduce the amount you use in the first place, reuse whole items if you
thesauceisboss
People forget the first two almost completely. The first one is nearly extinct in today’s day and age.
Alfadorfox
People love to blame individual consumers for not recycling enough, but we're the ones raging at eg. cell phone packaging for not reducing.
thesauceisboss
I wrote a letter to the company that we bought our obscenely overpriced stroller from because they used 100% new packaging. I was pissed.
thesauceisboss
I explained that for what I paid I’d have been willing to pay $20 more for post consumer or the least completely recyclable packaging!
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
I was gunna say that, but ya beat me to it. +1
Alfadorfox
can, and recycle the raw materials of thoroughly used items.
Taxicat
Shit, this is what I’ve been doing for my plants! Old ice cream pints, those plastic containers for cut-up fruit, even Starbucks cups! >
Taxicat
>Even the cheap plastic planters get pricey after a while, so I’ve been saving those for when plants are actually ready to sell.
MoonMoon89
#11 OMG! Someone shipped it in a CAT!
Vungor
What was in it?
OngoGoblogianTheArtCollector
they were shipping a cat as well. Inception Schrödingers cat
blindswordsman812
How did they get it out? ?
phokinaye
Someone had to knock the cereal boxes off the shelf.
ItsThoseZanyGermans
Nah mate, they shipped that cat in the little debbie box. No wonder it looks so pissed!
ElbowDeepInAJedi
You're not lion.
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
Unboxing video got him banned from youtube
happywalker
can you imagine the cats response? :-P
JeffGriffin
All he ordered were violin strings.
dripsofgreatness
Lakeylake
Frickin Clint Eastwood cat
tinydog
Ma! It's lookin' at me again!
BravelyEncouraging
BLINK!