Carton boxes...reusable not used...online order

@vandana7 (101220)
India
June 22, 2024 9:14am CST
Today I ordered five coffee mugs. My househelp is great at breaking them, but to be fair, in recent times, I broke one, and so did my father. So it became an urgent need. Kinda, if we have guests, I should have those mugs, right? They came neatly packed in cartons. The cartons are excellent. But...I hate to say it, I have no use of them. I hate throwing them away. Why can't these companies use reusable type of packing? They could have collected back those cartons and used them for another client. So this has been the thought of my day. What is on your mind?
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7 responses
Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (74877)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jun
You can always recycle them if that's an option. That's what I do with carboard and things I can't re-use.
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vanny
@vandana7 (101220)
• India
24 Jun
I am hoping to start a recycling business. Too much packaging waste is not a good idea.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (74877)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jun
@vandana7 Well there's plenty of it.
cterine9991985
@cabuyogty (3226)
• Philippines
22 Jun
I don't mind cartons when i want to order online. I can't use them at all!
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (111413)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jun
I use many of the boxes I get to take stuff off for donation.
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vanny
@vandana7 (101220)
• India
23 Jun
Here, we get rice bags. Those get stuffed. Donation of the kind you all have is not welcome. At least, I have not come across any folks willing to accept donations like that. The other evening, I was returning and had a biscuit packet with me. There was a beggar sleeping under the shop's shelter. I went to him to give it. He said please give me money, not biscuit packet. With money I will buy tea tomorrow morning. Honestly, that confused me because giving money meant he might drink. I did give him enough for tea though.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (111413)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Jun
@vandana7 I would worry about him drinking too instead of eating. He wasn't very hungry if he turned down food
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44041)
• United States
22 Jun
I order from Amazon. A lot of things come in bags but some are in boxes. I just got a desk and it came in a huge box. My friend put it together and put the carton in the recycle dumpster.
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vanny
@vandana7 (101220)
• India
22 Jun
You all have recycle dumpster? Explain how it works...today I had half the mind to ask the boy to take those cartons. They are of good quality and should be reused.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44041)
• United States
22 Jun
@vandana7 The garbage company picks up selected items such as cardboard and paper and sells them to places that recycle them into something new. There is a dumpster for such items which also includes aluminum cans, glass bottles, and certain kinds of plastic. At least it used to. They pick up different items in some places. You see labels on things saying it is made of a certain percentage of recycled material.
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vanny
@vandana7 (101220)
• India
24 Jun
@akalinus Our people are extremely careless. They will not segregate. One or two people following does not help.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318962)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jun
Sometimes I get boxes that are too big for the contents. I reuse them. It's rare when I throw away boxes, so they always get reused.
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vanny
@vandana7 (101220)
• India
24 Jun
Boxes for coffee mugs are small. But they were so good that I felt very bad throwing them away. I wish the delivery guy had volunteered to take them back. I searched the net for some useful use, but couldn't find any.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318962)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jun
@vandana7 I'm sorry you couldn't find a useful use for them.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (183886)
• United States
23 Jun
Cardboard can be recycled here in the US. I also reuse boxes for donations, etc. Have a good day.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346007)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jun
We have a recycling pickup so any unwanted cardboard goes in the recycling. I always keep at least on empty box on hand in case I need it.