April 3rd, 2012 by packagingsupplies
Whether you are moving or just need to free up some more space in your home, long-term storage offers many advantages. However, before placing items in storage for a long time, there are a few guidelines you need to know to protect your stuff from insects, the elements, and dust.
Here are four guidelines to packing items for long-term storage:
1. Get the right packing supplies
Contact your packaging supplier to order wholesale packing supplies to store your items. At the minimum you will need strong, sturdy boxes, some filling/padding material, and packing tape.
2. Pad boxes before packing
Especially before packing delicate, fragile items, it’s important to provide adequate cushioning for your stuff. Pad boxes from the inside with newspaper, plastic bags, or ideally unprinted packing paper. This layer of padding also helps protect against moisture.
3. Use shrink wrap
This is particularly important if you are opting for an outdoor or non-climate controlled storage unit. Shrink wrapping your items and boxes can help protect them from the layers of dust and grime that will inevitably build up over the months and years. This is an absolute must for rugs and padded furniture that have porous, dust-absorbing surfaces.
4. Use moving pads
To protect your stuff from unexpected falls, shocks, and vibrations both while in storage and during the moving process, use moving pads. This gives you one more layer of protection on top of the shrink wrap you are already using.
By now you should have a solid understanding of how to prepare your stuff for long-term storage. It’s not difficult to get items ready for storage, but a few precautions upfront will ensure that when you finally take items out of storage, they’ll still be in great condition.
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March 29th, 2012 by packagingsupplies
After moving or receiving a high volume of posters or maps, you may find you have a surplus of mailing tubes on your hands that you just don’t know what to do with. Here are a few creative ways to re-use or re-purpose cardboard mailing tubes so they don’t end up in a landfill or taking up precious space in your closets.
1. Make Boot Trees
You can keep the tops of tall, flexible boots from flopping over and developing unsightly creases by inserting cardboard mailing tubes into them to help them keep their shape. With a little ingenuity these cardboard tubes can be affixed to a board to create the perfect way to store all of your boots in your closet.
2. Make A Plant Guard
To avoid scarring young trees and shrubs with a weed whacker, simply cut one or several mailing tubes in half lengthwise and tie the halves around the trunks of your trees while you work.
3. Storing Important Documents
Obviously cardboard tubes are a great way to store important documents, maps, and other paper items you want to keep clean, safe, and free from creases. The best thing to do is store your diplomas, marriage certificates, etc. in a mailing tube, and then keep that in a cedar chest to protect it from insects.
4. Keep Christmas Lights Untangled
Due to their cylindrical shape, mailing tubes provide the perfect way to roll up and store Christmas lights. Simply wrap Christmas lights around the mailing tube like a spool to keep them untangled all year long.
Hopefully now you have some ideas for ways to reuse mailing tubes and help you live a low-impact lifestyle. Check back for more creative uses of shipping and packaging supplies!
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March 26th, 2012 by packagingsupplies
You can never underestimate the utility of a cardboard box. Children love them, adults have plenty of uses for them. After a big move, most people find themselves overrun with their leftover, gently-used cardboard boxes.
Here are six ways to reuse or re-purpose them, so they don’t just end up back in a landfill.
1. Organized Storage
Most people already make use of cardboard shipping boxes to store their belongings. Since items can be categorized based on use or season, the cardboard box can be labeled for easy identification, so you can retrieve things quickly. This way if you have things you don’t want to throw away, but don’t want hanging around, you can put them away for the season, or until you need them.
2. Chemical Waste Bins
With the addition of a plastic liner, small to medium sized boxes can be reused as trash cans. Since most chemical packaging such as paint and industrial cleaners, will leave spots and stains on your shelves or the floor of your garage, boxes add one more layer of protection to keep your garage nice and clean.
3. Composting
Cardboard is fully biodegradable. After letting your compost’s microbes chew on the cardboard for a few months, it can easily be turned into a great addition to the soil in your lawn or garden.
4. Mailing Packages
If the cardboard is not heavily used, it can easily be reused to send gifts to faraway friends and relatives during the holidays. Even if the box has some blemishes or small defects, usually packing tape can cover it up and make it good as new.
By reusing cardboard in one of these four ways, you help keep it out of landfills and reduce your carbon footprint. We’re all struggling to survive on this planet, so we each need to do our part to protect it as much as we can.
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March 23rd, 2012 by packagingsupplies
In order to make sure your shipments from your business get where they need to go safely, with no hiccups in the transport process, it is vital that you pack your box for maximum protection and ease of identifying shipping information.
Here are four steps to packing your shipping boxes to prevent loss of product, and ensure a speedy and accurate delivery.
1. Use a Corrugated Box
If you can, use a new box whenever possible. While it may seem cost-effective to use an old box, the more times it is used, the more it loses its ability to protect its contents. Your corrugated boxes should be rigid and in excellent condition, with no punctures, tears, wearing, or water damage. Most boxes have a label indicating their weight limits and strength. Choose a box with adequate strength for your product.
2. Provide Internal Protection
Cushioning your products or shipping contents helps to make sure they are not damaged during shipment. For fragile items, make sure that you wrap each item separately and keep them separated. Most shipping damage occurs when two fragile items inside of a box make contact. Items should be a good two inches away from each other, and the walls of the box. Consider using cardboard scaffolding to separate very delicate items.
3. Close Your Container Securely
By properly securing your box you ensure the contents don’t shift during transport, or potentially spill out of the box. Use a strong tape that is at least two inches in width to make sure the box stays closed.
4. Use Proper Labeling
Finally, always label your box clearly with your own, and the recipient’s postal code with a complete street address. It’s a good idea to put the recipient’s telephone number on the box too, especially if they have a P.O. box. Place the mailing label on the top of the package, and make sure there are no other labels that might confuse a post employee.
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