My local solution was to convince a company to reuse cardboard boxes for their shipments.Sealing Specialties was a local company near me that ships about 50-60 boxes a day on average. Before I approached them about the problem they only reused about 15%-20% of the boxes.
Deforestation Flyer:
Can You Help the Fight Against Deforestation?
Deforestation is increasingly becoming a global problem. From Brazil to Indonesia, all the way to the United States, deforestation is used for paper, lumber, fuel, card board, anything that involves paper or wood. Deforestation not only destroys trees, it destroys the bio-diversity, and contributes to the Green House Effect, which contributes to Global Warming. From 2000 to 2005, deforestation has increase
d from 0.67% annually to 0.84% annually. Over 90% of products in the United States are shipped using cardboard boxes, and 70% of those are recycled. How many boxes do you use for shipments daily? Could you reuse boxes? If you do reuse shipment boxes, you could be contributing greatly to reforesting the great loss of forests throughout the world. Also by reusing most of your boxes, the company can spend less money on buying brand new boxes. The company benefits while the rest of the world benefits!
Do you want to help the world?
Reuse your shipping boxes and limit the amount of trees deforested around the world.
I handed this fact sheet to the owner and talked and informed him about the problem. He agreed to reuse more boxes, and in the past two weeks, out of 50-60 shipments, the company reuses about 75% of the boxes. They either bring in old boxes or when they receive a shipment, they just reuse the same box for another shipment.
Deforestation Flyer:
Can You Help the Fight Against Deforestation?
Deforestation is increasingly becoming a global problem. From Brazil to Indonesia, all the way to the United States, deforestation is used for paper, lumber, fuel, card board, anything that involves paper or wood. Deforestation not only destroys trees, it destroys the bio-diversity, and contributes to the Green House Effect, which contributes to Global Warming. From 2000 to 2005, deforestation has increase
d from 0.67% annually to 0.84% annually. Over 90% of products in the United States are shipped using cardboard boxes, and 70% of those are recycled. How many boxes do you use for shipments daily? Could you reuse boxes? If you do reuse shipment boxes, you could be contributing greatly to reforesting the great loss of forests throughout the world. Also by reusing most of your boxes, the company can spend less money on buying brand new boxes. The company benefits while the rest of the world benefits!Do you want to help the world?
Reuse your shipping boxes and limit the amount of trees deforested around the world.
I handed this fact sheet to the owner and talked and informed him about the problem. He agreed to reuse more boxes, and in the past two weeks, out of 50-60 shipments, the company reuses about 75% of the boxes. They either bring in old boxes or when they receive a shipment, they just reuse the same box for another shipment.
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