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The big appliance boxes are what you really want. They're thick, sturdy, double-walled. Those hold up way better than the ...

This is also known as sheet mulching, or even the lasagna method because of the layers it involves. In her video, Amy lays ...

Be honest: How many cardboard boxes do you have languishing down in the basement, stuffed up in the attic or flattened and tucked in a hall closet? After a move (or thanks to an insatiable Amazon ...

Nate Faust, who cofounded Jet and then helped Walmart build its e-commerce operation, is launching a new company that will work with brands and retailers to ship items in reusable totes. The cofounder ...

E-commerce may be revolutionizing the way we shop, but it's also creating mountain loads of cardboard boxes. Some retailers, including Richfield-based Best Buy Co. Inc., are investing in technology to ...

In a pandemic, retailers kind of have to take the sales they can get. But the expected shift to online shopping over the holidays this year is going cost them. They have to spend money on things like ...

With the holiday season in full swing, gifts of all shapes and sizes are being shipped around the world. But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based ...

For families stuck indoors and desperate for entertainment, a cardboard box can transform into a makeshift playground for the kids or a refuge for the cats. Day to day, though, they have been a ...