Packaging

On our recent trip to the States we bought a significant amount of stuff.  Stuff for us, stuff for friends and fellow cruisers.  So much stuff was delivered to my sister's home that she quit sending me emails to alert me of arrivals.
One of the first things people tell you is, "break it down".  Couldn't have done it if we hadn't "broke it down".  We filled half of a small dumpster with packaging.  It took me two days to break down the packaging.  Once you get the item out of the packaging then I put it in Zip-Locks and label who it belongs to.

Here is an example of over packaging.
The Original box.

The box inside the box.

 The actual item which is only 3"X3".

Multiply that by a water pump, depth finder, 2 mice for computers, multiple external hard drives...you get the idea.  And that doesn't even take into account the bubblewrap, the styrafoam peanuts, the paper, and those new little airbag things.

No wonder our landfills are full to overflowing and the price of every item is affected by all the PACKAGING!