NO MORE PACKING PEANUTS!

[ThatsMyBarack]

Can you believe how many companies STILL use these to ship stuff? They run all over, my cats chase them and try to eat them, and are NOT RECYCLABLE! :argh:

Whatever happened to going GREEN? :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I used to work for someone who used the cornstarch kind.

[annabanana]

23. I like them. They melt n the sink under running water.. . /nt

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Actually, a lot of companies use the ones that are made of cornstarch.

They break down easily in water. If you get styrofoam ones, most places like Mailboxes Etc. or the UPS store will be happy to take them off your hands and re-use them. When I get the non-biodegradable ones, I keep them in a big box until I fill it up, then drop it off.

[nevergiveup]

3. I have a small mail-order business

and we use biodegradable cornstarch peanuts. They are expensive but customers like them. Throw them out in the rain and they disintegrate to almost nothing in a few minutes.

[LeftyMom]

4. It's been years since I got a package that didn't use the biodegradable kind.

:shrug:

[kestrel91316]

5. We don't get may packing peanuts anymore, but when we do, we hang onto

them for reuse. And if I ever got a LOT of them, I would bag them up and then list them on Craig's List as a freebie.

[Jane Austin]

11. If you get a lot of them again, we would very much like to have them.

I'm afraid we use a lot of them in our business.

Thanks.

[kestrel91316]

14. I'd rather not burn dead dinosaurs shipping them to TX from SoCal, lol,

if that's ok with you.

But seriously, put an ad on Craig's List saying you want them. You'll get them.

[Jane Austin]

18. Fantastic.

I sure will.

Thanks for the idea.

[MoralSyncretism]

16. Also good to offer up on Freecycle

if you have that in your area. Reuse, recycle, redirect.

[ThatsMyBarack]

20. Welcome to DU, MoralSyncretism!

:hi:

[geckosfeet]

6. There are bio-degradable versions of packing peanuts.

[liberal N proud]

7. My mother sent 6 dozen eggs to my sister with Oatmeal packing

Not one egg broken.

It was sent as baggage on a plane, she told the airline what she did after the fact and that not one egg broke. The airline representative told her she had more faith in baggage handling than they did.

[HarveyDarkey]

8. Corrufil (shredded cardboard)

That's all my company uses, although the "no dust" claim is not accurate: http://www.corru-shred.com/

[slackmaster]

9. The cornstarch ones can be composted

That's what I do with them.

[WhiteTara]

10. I got a plant not long ago where they had

filled the bottom of the pot with the damned things. When I pulled the plant out, there spewed a "million" of the things!

[NJCher]

15. the trick on that is to...

Put the packing peanuts in your average-sized grocery store plastic bag. Then punch holes in it with a knife and put it in the bottom of the pot. The drainage is good and the packing peanuts don't go everywhere when the plant is repotted.

Packing peanuts are terrific for gardeners because they serve the drainage purpose but don't add to the weight of the pot.


Cher

[WhiteTara]

21. ah! they left out the interim step of the bag

or maybe the plant had been in there so long it disintegrated.

[MineralMan]

12. We could use turkey feathers...lots of them around these days.

{ducking and running]

[Raine]

13. I save them and try and reuse them

when I have to transport something breakable. I know they certainly are a pain the ass the way they "drift" around. I hate them too but try to make the best of it by saving them for later use.

[niyad]

17. I saw a recommendation to use regular popcorn--no salt, no butter.

can always feed the birds with it after

[BillDU]

19. Sweat

Don't sweat the small stuff.

[Quantess]

22. The corn kind are like "packing cheetos".

Too bad they don't taste good. :D