Sometimes it even comes eco-friendly with
a reused shipping box (like my last box from Rumparooz).
Packaging innovation this is not, but we like the jocular spin Tobi.com is putting on its latest attempt to reduce its carbon footprint:
Reusing shipping boxes and drawing attention to their less - than - pristine condition.
Not exact matches
Homemade packing material made from junk mail and other paper you normally discard that has been run through a paper shredder (also save
shipping boxes, plastic foam balls, and other plastic packaging materials for
reuse).
But
shipping in
reused boxes is just the start - the company is also sponsoring an online community that helps folks track the path of their packaging.
This small Vermont company is serious about its recycling; they offset their energy usage, purchase locally,
reuse bindings and
ship items in recycled bike
boxes.
There is a great appeal to
shipping container architecture; the idea of
reusing the strong steel
boxes seems so green.
They're available from YouSayTomayto, who, incidentally,
reuses all of the packing materials from their suppliers and uses 100 % recycled
boxes to
ship your stuff.
An office space made from
reused shipping containers, the «
Box Office» is being built on a land parcel in a post-industrial neighborhood of the city and is quickly becoming an attraction for local start - ups.
Amazon has also collaborated before with Give Back
Box, which let users
reuse Amazon
boxes to
ship donations to charities.