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> I know this wouldn't work for a lot of reasons and people would just keep the boxes, Actually I think this could work if you offered some money for the empty
by Analemma_ 8y ago
> I know this wouldn't work for a lot of reasons and people would just keep the boxes,
Actually I think this could work if you offered some money for the empty crates, like with bottle deposits. You could keep the crates if you needed them, but you could also save them until you had a carload to take to the UPS Store and get some cash. If the fee were low enough, the shipping companies would still be saving money over buying zillions of cardboard boxes per year.
I'm not sure if the economics work out, but if we standardized and got USPS/UPS/FedEx/Amazon all on board, it could work.
- whoopdedo 8y agoI've often wondered why UPS doesn't pick up boxes for recycling. How many trucks are half-empty after making a round of deliveries?
- rblatz 8y agoBecause there isn’t any money in used boxes. Why would UPS pay for fuel and a driver to drive the route 2x?
- toasterlovin 8y agoBoxes get pretty beat up in transit. They’re often not usable. And that’s before you have to deal with removing old labels and tape.