How many packages is too many?

One of the wildest things in our whole lives has been the pandemic.  It has caused a mass amount of lies and governmental control in the United States over what we now know was a massive lie.  In 2021 we are seeing repercussions of the changes and eCommerce is now the biggest industry.  I can only imagine all the things that have happened and fallen like dominoes, but one of the things is simply boxes that have been shocking.  what I mean is that the surplus of boxes has changed our entire economy and companies are completely shifting to an e-commerce economy.  That is because we are all really just shopping from home.  Now we have about 50 boxes at home every week and it is simply becoming too much.

Online shipping is what we all have to do now and we don't have a choice.  Our jobs have caused most families are staying home more due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in many places, they have no choice but to shop online for many products.  The issue that is occurring is that now a massive amount of shipping supplies are building up in our garage.  Yes, we all have tons of extra cardboard boxes and they are truly driving me crazy.  The excess amount is sad because I do not like ordering all this extra cardboard and I do no like that it takes me forever to get rid of it properly.  Unfortunately, the trash can is where most people put these packages.

It is really hard to see all the waste and people not recycling.  The trash is being filled so thousands of tons of cardboard boxes that we are now stacking on top of what we normally do.  We are not picking these items up from a store and carrying them in instead they are being delivered to our door in mass quantity. The sheer amount of shipping supplies being used that is beyond last year is insane.  The hard part is that people are just trashing them.  The landfills are getting much more full due to this and if only we were able to recycle it all it may not be so bad. But still, the issue is that they are in our possession and we have to take care of them.  Is there an easy option for people to follow?

In my mind, you have to recycle and break them down into small pieces.   We only have one recycling trashcan due to the city we live in and that is all we get each week.  We have to break down up to 20 boxes a week and fit it in the can.  The fact is that we simply are not able to do it by volume.  We are cutting them with knives into small pieces and it is still not enough. One day at a time we are learning and getting better.

So much work was put into tearing them and it simply sucked.  We did not fill it up to its potential.  Then we used scissors and still the major issue was that it caused blisters on our hands so fast that it was not worth doing.  So finally we broke down and went to all the countries on them.  We pulled out a kitchen knife and started slicing the boxes down to the perfect shape to fill the whole can. I hope this way works well for you.