The man from Amazon has just staggered to my front door with a huge parcel. I could not think what on earth I had ordered that was so large - was only expecting a few small things. Thinking they may have been all packed together I moved to close the door - but - he asked me to wait as he had more for me, and handed me four small packages. Couldn’t wait to see what was in the box!
Box measures - 30" x 23" x 10"
Then we have the paper - all 20 x Metres of it!
And what was in need of all this protection? A sack of tea bags measuring 20" x 17"
We get these all the time. Today it was a box of dog food and a lot of paper. I fold the paper neatly to reduce the space in the recycle bin. Then I cut the cardboard into flat pieces also for in the recycle bin. No waste.
I make bowls usually, or if I have a wire armature, I make little houses or figures. You don’t even need glue to make it stick - I find it dries really sturdy. Of course, you could paint it, which helps to strengthen it…but I prefer the natural look.
Or…if you bind books, you can use it for pages/or covers…the sections are already perforated so its easy to tear.
I can top that one - the box that my mum’s mattress topper came in is around 5"x3". Not heavy, just bloody huge - like carrying a small wardrobe. When the delivery guy dropped it off, I thought that he’d brought a parcel to the wrong house.
Yes, I’ve noticed the large parcels from Amazon, mostly full of ‘filler’ with the item just looking lost in the box
I wonder if it’s because their staff have to work so fast that it’s quicker and easier to just chuck the item into a big box then just pack it out?
I straighten out the packing paper, flatten it, fold it neatly and use it for my own parcels
I also keep their padded envelopes
I buy quite a few books from Amazon, mainly used but sometimes new
I notice that they are much more sensibly & carefully packed & wrapped - probably because they don’t usually come from Amazon themselves
Amazon act as an agent and the books are actually sent directly from a book store/dealer/stockist
Is my memory failing but isn’t that 5 inches by 3 inches? I don’t use these archaic measurements but I was unfortunate enough to learn them at school and i was sure " meant inches. Not criticising just curious to know if old timers disease has finally caught up with me.
Talking about wasteful, last month I skipped about half a dozen perfectly good walking frames from the care home where I work, one even had the cardboard still on part of the frame, I also threw a nearly new three wheeled walker away too,
A lot of people here in UK still use Imperial units. Inches, feet, pounds, and stones. As an engineer I have been using SI (System International) units for fifty years. That is universal except USA, Burma, and Liberia.
We never have amazon deliveries, but a lot of people around here do. And a lot of the boxes get nicked from doorsteps, and the thieving get filmed by Nest or Ring doorbells, uploaded to Nextdoor community website. Anyway, a favourite trick is to put used cat litter or something into the used Amazon box and put it back out on the doorstep.
