Sunday, May 8, 2022

Deposits on Cardboard Boxes?

May 8, 2022

 

I got an Amazon delivery that came in a box. I took the items I was returning to a local store, and the woman there told me that the box they came in would be welcome, next time I had a return. (I had kept the box to use for something else.)

Now that online shopping is so popular, I see all kinds of cardboard boxes in the community recycling bins. I was thinking that maybe if people could return cardboard boxes for a small deposit, the way we used to turn in pop bottles for 5 or 10 cents, that might really cut down on cardboard waste. The retailers could get them back for future deliveries, and cut down on their costs as well. 

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