Sure, we try to throw them away, but as deliveries keep coming in, the boxes just keep stacking up. This is especially true if you’re trying to avoid any cross-contamination from harmful particles. Tap or click here to see the best ways to sanitize your deliveries. The other, more fun part comes with the boxes themselves. Now, instead of the generic brown boxes with the signature smile on the side, you’ll get a fun illustration of a box being repurposed as something else. This includes miniature golf decorations, robot costumes, cat condos and box cars for kids to play pretend with. With so many of us spending the summer indoors, crafting something new would be a fun distraction. After all, we’ve probably already burned through most of what Netflix is serving up by now. Tap or click here to see our favorite free Netflix alternatives.
Is all this new packaging really all that good for the environment?
As it turns out, yes it is. In fact, much of the cardboard we use here in the U.S. is already recycled — about 92% of it to be exact, according to the American Forest & Paper Association. Imagine how big of a box fort you could build with that.
