Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?
by jerkstate on Sunday December 31, 2017 @11:20PM
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I'm resolving to produce a lot less garbage, cardboard, and plastic recycling, and plant 50 trees. Probably the biggest problem is going to be my Amazon habit. Does anybody have suggestions for reducing packaging from Amazon?
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Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?
by ranveeraggarwal on Monday January 01, 2018 @03:40AM
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Use the waste packaging to craft stuff for your home and workplace. Start a forum/slack with makers interested in stuff like this and share ideas. You can probably build a lot of eco friendly solutions to your everyday problems with the high quality packaging.
This is an excellent idea! I often 'save' packaging from Amazon in case it comes in handy but honestly don't usually find a use for it. The best I've done is to reuse the thin packages as padding for devices in backpacks and cases when travelling.
If this forum existed I would definitely use it.
I was thinking the exact same thing a few days back when I got my package delivered. With the volume of packages that get unpacked each day around the world, it is bewildering to think about the amount of waste bubble wrap and cardboard boxes that we throw away.
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?
by tonyedgecombe on Monday January 01, 2018 @08:00AM
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Does anybody have suggestions for reducing packaging from Amazon?
Don't buy things from Amazon?