As a result, the carbon footprint of the mailers is about 90% lower than that of cardboard, even when factoring in return shipping. On the consumer side, that happens via the U.S. Postal Service ...

If you order a sweater or t-shirt from the clothing brand Eliou, you don’t have to get it in a plastic or cardboard mailer. Instead, you can choose to have it sent in a reusable package.

To keep the tops of long, flexible boots from flopping over and developing ugly creases in the closet, insert cardboard mailing tubes into it to help it hold its shape. Before storing diplomas ...

[Photo: Amazon] In many cases, orders now come in padded mailers rather than cardboard boxes. This helps lower the carbon footprint of the delivery, which drops along with the size and weight of ...

As the Washington Post reported, in an effort to pack more shipments into delivery planes and trucks, Amazon is using more small plastic mailers rather than cardboard boxes. SEE ALSO: Too many ...

Over the past year, Amazon has reduced the portion of shipments it packs in its cardboard boxes in favor of lightweight plastic mailers, which enable the retailing giant to squeeze more packages ...

Everything from newspapers and junk mail to paperboard envelopes and cardboard boxes can pile up, especially as internet shopping has exploded in popularity. Researchers are interested in turning ...

According to forest conservationist Canopy, roughly 3 billion trees are tossed in the wood chipper every year to produce 241 million tons of shipping cartons, cardboard mailers, and other paper ...

Instead of a padded envelope, you could also use a stiff cardboard mailer, or make your own mailer by securing the small items to something larger, like sandwiching them between two pieces of ...