FREE PACKING MATERIAL where to find it,don’t pay for it
FREE PACKING MATERIAL
So where do you find it……. You may think to look at department stores for boxes. But they compact everything. The office building next door…. but the people in the shipping department are way down in the basement…… AUTOMOTIVE BODY SHOP & FURNITURE STORES , yes the gold mine in packing material, styrofoam, bubble wrap, small to huge cardboard boxes are BODY SHOPS AND FURNITURE STORES.
Packing material chokes up their dumpster, and they are more than happy to get rid of it.
Make an arrangement to have them save what you are looking for. Yes, you could even dumpster dive. Large boxes that had hoods, fenders etc. are a great source of cardboard. Small boxes from small parts. Most of these shops and stores do not compact or break down their trash. Not much else in there either. You are not going to find rank garbage or diapers. But you are going to find sheets of bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts.(ghost poop)
Small businesses will save packing material for you too. Just ask. They may even have a stockpile of styrofoam beads right now.
You may pass one of these body shops every day on the way home from work, there may even be one right around the corner from you……..
RECYCLE, RE-USE, YOU CHOOSE
I have not purchased a box, packing material, or bubble wrap in 30 years. Only padded envelopes and tape.
Mark