When you recycle a shipping box

[pete6032]

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[IronWing]

I donate my used boxes to homeless people. By this I mean I tie them to the roof of my car using a knot that would anger lxskllr and by the time I get to work, the box is magically re-purposed. The styrofoam goes in the fireplace because, f' my neighbors.

 

[eng2d2]

I use it to repackage.

 

[snoopy7548]

I don't do any of those - I tear the box into pieces (~6-10" square, sometimes smaller) and then throw those into the recycling bin. Great exercise I tell ya what.

 

[Red Storm]

Gotta keep some boxes on hand for the eventual Amazon returns.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

As I acquire them, I toss the boxes into the garage.

On Garbage Eve, I break them down (if I have a lot of it, I'll actually cut all my cardboard into ~16" squares so it stacks neatly in the recycling bin - I can get a lot more boxes in there that way, which is useful after an amazon binge or a physically large purchase) and put them, along with any recyclable packing materials, into the recycling bin. Everything else goes in a black garbage bag and gets put out with the trash bin.

 

[lxskllr]

If the box is reasonably sized, I put household recycling in it, and put the whole thing on the curb. Smaller boxes I burn in my wood stove in the winter, or break down/recycle in warm weather. If the box is an interesting size/shape, I save it til I use it, or get tired of seeing it. Packing peanuts go in the trash.