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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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Subscribe to commentsandyg8180Sep 30th 2008 11:01AM
yeah... checked a couple locations up here with zero hits...
edwaardSep 30th 2008 12:28PM
Ever hear of freecycle?
Fred ThompsonSep 30th 2008 2:06PM
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.)
MarkSep 30th 2008 6:08PM
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.
GregSep 30th 2008 10:37PM
The first thing that popped into my mind was this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIdT6_A4A9w