Comments on: Death by a 1000 paper boxes

By: Grow Box Hydroponics Guru

Grow Box Hydroponics Guru — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:24:43 +0000

I was surfing the internet Monday afternoon during my break, and found your blog by searching MSN for grow a box. This is a topic I have great interest in, and follow it closely. I liked your insight on Death by a 1000 paper boxes- by Pamela L. Gay very much, but I don\’t quite aggree with everything you said. However it is still good reading, and makes some good points. Keep up the good work…

By: pamela

pamela — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:58:25 +0000

My husband got me some MagneStix for Christmas. This first little box contained about 50 pieces and build very little. More pieces were needed, so we went to Target and bought out their entire on-sale inventory and reaped a bounty of about 200 little magnetic sticks. The all fit in popcorn bowl. The packaging to get our loot home took up about 2 cubic feet.

Your observation is right on the money!

I really like that you show your kid the toys versus garbage ratio. I really respect that and will mention what you do to the mothers and soon-to-be moms in my life.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:17:08 +0000

I find most toys are extremely over-packaged as well. I can’t deny my kids toys obviously, it’s not their fault. However it takes about 1 minute to put the packaging in trash bags, the toys in a pile next to them, and ask what doesn’t make much sense about this comparison. Maybe if they can SEE it now they will continue to, unlike their mother who couldn’t(or wouldn’t) till age 25.

By: Jorge Schrauwen

Jorge Schrauwen — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:32:03 +0000

I order a router from the US because they don’t have it in europe… I select USPS’s slowest delivery option of 5-14 days and it got here in 5 days.

The router came packed in small pastic bags, that where put in a white cardboard box, that was wrapped in a shiny cardboard box, which was shrink wrapped. This was then put in a larger box and news papers where stuffed around it for protection. That box was also sealed with plastic shrink wrapped.

When the box arrived the belgium post put it in another cardboard box with a plastic sealing coat (yay) because it had to go to customes… where the platic seal was broken the content was checked (only the box in it) and it was released with that irritating white tape with the little fibers in it.

… I think we need to stop over packing.
The standard linksys packaging would have been ok with a sticker with the adress on it.

Only thing that needs to be changed is that the truck, plane, truck, smaller truck have better padding inside so the boxes don’t get smashed crushed…

Ok I’m done ranting now.

By: Aaron Jackson

Aaron Jackson — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:14:30 +0000

My wife and I are going to Barnes & Noble for the midnight release of Harry Potter. So on the one hand we won’t have a box and packing material coming our way, but on the other hand we have to drive 45 minutes to get to the nearest Barnes & Noble. As would say…argh!

I wouldn’t worry too much about the cardboard as long as you recycle. Even the plastic isn’t that bad when you recycle. I have to admit that I’m not as worried about being “green” as most folks are these days. I’m not convinced the science being used to support global warming is not at least a little skewed by the the agenda of those presenting it (read United Nations).

Either way, I would say the more important problem that you have hit on here is that of Americas absolute need to instant gratification. If Americans would mature enough to free themselves from the prison of instant gratification many of the problems that plague our society would start to solve themselves: abortion, environmental problems, fuel prices, urban crime, etc.