Q: What can we do about ALL the individual shipping boxes that Amazon and other retailers send out? Recycling doesn't seem like enough. My friends and neighbors order every little thing and it all comes in separate boxes.
It’s even sponsored by Amazon and some other retailers, including Overstock, Loft, REI, Levi’s, Asics, Ann Taylor, Uncommongoods, Bon-Ton, Viva Terra, Ecru, Bonobos, Scrubs & Beyond, eBags, Lou & Grey, and Cherry Mad.
You simply empty the box you got from Amazon, and then fill it with as much used clothing, accessories, and household stuff that you no longer need or want. Then go to https://givebackbox.com/ to download a U.S. Post Office or UPS address label to Goodwill for free. Attach the lablel to the box and drop it off at any post office or UPS service, which will send it to your nearest Goodwill outlet. Goodwill stores pay for the shipments, which they then put on the market.
Q: What can we do about ALL the individual shipping boxes that Amazon and other retailers send out? Recycling doesn’t seem like enough. My friends and neighbors order every little thing and it all comes in separate boxes.
—Una Marie, San Diego
A: There is one solution that seems worth a try. It’s even sponsored by Amazon and some other retailers, including Overstock, Loft, REI, Levi’s, Asics, Ann Taylor, Uncommongoods, Bon-Ton, Viva Terra, Ecru, Bonobos, Scrubs & Beyond, eBags, Lou & Grey, and Cherry…
