Earth Overshoot Day—Not a Day Worth Celebrating

I’m writing this on August 14th, 2015. Yesterday (August 13th) came and went as normal with little fanfare. But something happened that day that’s incredibly important and all too often ignored.

August 13th is the day that we as a planet used up all the resources the Earth budgeted for us for the year.

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How many cardboard boxes can you get out of one tree?

I was recently asked how many boxes can we get out of a tree by my sister-in-law. I didn’t really have a good answer for that, and neither did Google, so I thought I would look into this a little more myself.

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Join the Leaders for Clean Air

Hanko Kiessner, our CEO, started Utah’s Leaders for Clean Air™, a non-profit aimed at decreasing our carbon footprint through electric vehicles.

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What are Dimensional Weight Charges and How Can I Reduce Them?

Boxes that weighed only a couple of pounds are now being charged as if they weighed up to 11 pounds or more.

These charges could raise your shipping costs by up to 40 percent. Have you made a plan to reduce those costs?

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No, there isn’t an excuse for oversized boxes any more.

Packsize’s On Demand Packaging® has allowed companies to carry an infinite number of box sizes while still reducing corrugated inventory up to 60 percent for 12 years now. Quite a few companies are able to get a custom fitting box every time they need one thanks to Packsize.

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6 Reasons Everyone will be Using Custom Boxes in Ten Years

We know that approximately 40% of the average package is empty space. That is just not sustainable, and there are better ways to ship a package now. Consumer demand for more sustainable business practices is going to increase in the future, and there’s always a chance of increased government regulation encouraging sustainable business practices as well. That said, we should all be looking for ways to minimize our impact on the environment, regardless of outside pressures; because it’s what an ethical business does.

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Packsize’s Four Sustain-ovations

Packsize recognizes that it has a role and responsibility in protecting and improving the state of the environment for future generations. We want to make sure that we lead by example when it comes to sustainability. Green initiatives more than just a PR buzzword here—they’re deeply ingrained in our company culture.

We call them sustain-ovations, and they fall into four broad categories.

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Do customers want speedier deliveries? Or do they need greener ones?

Faster shipping is always better, right? I mean, why else would every major fulfillment company on Earth be pushing so hard to reach the coveted, holy-grail of online deliveries—the same-day delivery?

It’s something consumers are willing to pay a premium for. It’s the main selling point for Amazon Prime memberships.

Does that mean that it’s consumers’ most important factor when it comes to shipping?

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Want Greener Trade Shows? Here are Three Tips for More Sustainable Events!

There has been a trend in the last year or two to make trade shows more eco-friendly. At Packsize, we strive to reduce the impact we have on the environment in everything we do, and embraced the idea of eco-friendly trade shows a long time ago.

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Here’s a preview of our latest infographic white paper.

We’ll be giving you a preview of the white paper in this post, but you’ll have to download it for yourself if you want to know the full impact Packsize’s box making machines can have on your company’s sustainability!

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