About Those Air Cushions in Amazon Packages

Re:About Those Air Cushions in Amazon Packages by greggman on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @09:12PM (#13267927)

Amazon does it different in Japan. They put items on a stiff piece of cardboard the same size as the box they will eventually put it in. Then shrink wrap the items and the cardboard. Then they glue / rubber cement the bottom of the cardboard to the shipping box.

It seems like it uses less material but the boxes are designed to be torn open like a FedEx envelope which means they are not reusable which seems wastful

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Re:About Those Air Cushions in Amazon Packages by brodie78382 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @11:38PM (#13268441)

I've gotten Amazon packages like this here in the US, but it's not a frequent occurrence. I prefer this method because aside from the shrink-wrap, everything else is recyclable cardboard.

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