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BoxCycle: the Internet does cardboard boxes
BoxCycle isn't quite perfect. Most of the boxes we could find were in the New York/New Jersey area, so hopefully a bit of publicity will get more listings up in the rest of the country. BoxCycle also takes a cut for facilitating the transactions, much like other online marketplaces. Although I think the idea behind BoxCycle is a good one, the infrastructure to buy and sell boxes locally is already out there: it's called Craigslist. Other than encouraging people to redistribute their boxes locally instead of throwing them away, which is commendable, it doesn't seem to bring anything new to the table.
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andyg8180 said 11:01AM on 9-30-2008
yeah... checked a couple locations up here with zero hits...
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edwaard said 12:28PM on 9-30-2008
Ever hear of freecycle?
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Fred Thompson said 2:06PM on 9-30-2008
The more a box is used, the lower the structural integrity. The same is true for recycling paper. The more that is done, the weaker the paper. Need a few boxes? Check the recycling area near an apartment complex if they have one. People move, they put the boxes there. Ask at a grocery store. Most boxes at grocery stores are collected and sold to paper recyclers. Personally, I fail to see this site can be helpful because it takes time and energy to find the used boxes then go get them. New York and New Jersey are very dense with box makers, arguably the most dense in the U.S. with the Great Lakes a close second. They have overruns and mistakes which get baled and repulped. Schools, churches and other large buildings will repetitively use the same size box because they buy the same product (toilet paper, towels, etc.)
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Samuel said 5:54PM on 9-30-2008
In Hammersmith, London companies recycle because they have to, the cardboard boxes are left out over night for collection the next day, they even flatten them [for ou] to save space!
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Mark said 6:08PM on 9-30-2008
Paying? I always got mine free from behind K-Mart and other stores. Just ask, most will be happy to give you all the boxes you can haul away.
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Greg said 10:37PM on 9-30-2008
The first thing that popped into my mind was this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIdT6_A4A9w
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