For reasons that have never been quite clear, my wife retains tech product packaging for a while. Now and then she'll stack up a batch of boxes hoping that I'll disassemble and flatten them and remove non-recyclable material and then bundle up the cardboard for recycling.
Here's this mornings batch, unbundled as of yet.
Most manufacturers seem to use glue to hold the boxes together and often use plastic or foam inserts to cradle their precious contents. Needless to say, all the glue and plastic make disassembly more difficult than it might be.
On the other hand, some manufacturers have developed the ability to design packaging that uses no glue, no plastic and no foam. This month's winner is Other World Computing. Their package for a USB-C hub is made out of a single sheet of cardboard with no glue or plastic inserts. Disassembly was a snap and every bit is recyclable.
Here's this mornings batch, unbundled as of yet.
Most manufacturers seem to use glue to hold the boxes together and often use plastic or foam inserts to cradle their precious contents. Needless to say, all the glue and plastic make disassembly more difficult than it might be.
On the other hand, some manufacturers have developed the ability to design packaging that uses no glue, no plastic and no foam. This month's winner is Other World Computing. Their package for a USB-C hub is made out of a single sheet of cardboard with no glue or plastic inserts. Disassembly was a snap and every bit is recyclable.
