May Luk on mon 4 apr 11
Hello all;
I have a recent request about reducing my packaging. The package I
used are bubble wrap, carton boxes heavy kraft paper & tapes (shipping
and regular Scotch tape) Have any of you given any thought on this? Do
any of you have any leads about recyclable packaging, especially the
tape?
Thanks in advance for your input
May
Brooklyn NY
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Eric Hansen on tue 5 apr 11
May: Re-pulpable paper and cardboard, such as 28 lb. newsprint, 35 lb.
groundwood uncoated stock, 30 lb. kraft paper, is available as
recycled and sometimes 100% post consumer stock. You can get end rolls
from anywhere newspapers are printed for almost free. It can be cut
into sheets for easy use in wrapping. Kraft paper comes in something
like a roll 24" wide and 9" radius and hangs on a stand with metal
edge to tear/cut off sections. There is a paper product like
bubble-wrap, the post office sells (rather expensive) envelopes made
from it, kind of a quilted product. Also available from printers is
Nitto Denko double face tape which is fully bio-degradable, if you can
figure out how to seal a carton with that - it might take special
carton designing. Usually you can find a small shop that does a little
die-cutting & embossing -
- h a n s e n -
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, May Luk wrote:
> Hello all;
>
> I have a recent request about reducing my packaging. The package I
> used are bubble wrap, carton boxes heavy kraft paper & tapes (shipping
> and regular Scotch tape) Have any of you given any thought on this? Do
> any of you have any leads about recyclable packaging, especially the
> tape?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input
>
> May
> Brooklyn NY
>
> --
> http://twitter.com/MayLuk
> http://www.takemehomeware.com/
>
--
Eric Alan Hansen
Stonehouse Studio Pottery
Alexandria, Virginia
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thesuddenschool.blogspot.com
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"Simplify, simplify, simplify" - Thoreau
Randall Moody on tue 5 apr 11
I use packing peanuts and the box inside a box method. The peanuts are made
of some sort of corn product so they are biodegradable.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, May Luk wrote:
> Hello all;
>
> I have a recent request about reducing my packaging. The package I
> used are bubble wrap, carton boxes heavy kraft paper & tapes (shipping
> and regular Scotch tape) Have any of you given any thought on this? Do
> any of you have any leads about recyclable packaging, especially the
> tape?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input
>
> May
> Brooklyn NY
>
> --
> http://twitter.com/MayLuk
> http://www.takemehomeware.com/
>
--
Randall in Atlanta
http://wrandallmoody.com
Stephani Stephenson on wed 6 apr 11
Hi May
one approach is to ,of course at least recycle packaging material..since=
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will be around for a long time anyway. so much is thrown away. i use to s=
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by the 'back door' of many businesses: places like pier One, etc and coll=
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packing material that had only been used once.=3D20
shredded paper works too.
when i was an art materials buyer i use to receive a lot of imported art=
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materials. a lot of the materials from Asia were packed in plant fibers,=
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some resembling hessian,(jute) type fibers, , most i could not identify.
sometimes the packing paper was very organic looking paper..mre fiber and=
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pulp than anything, often quite lovely to my eyes.
lots of pottery use to be packed in straw, but how many straw bales can y=
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ou
haul to an urban studio?
real popcorn might work, but vermin love it too..
recycled packing peanuts made from potato starch works, unless it gets we=
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t,
when it turns to goo.
in this town we have lots of pecan hulls....i suppose the key would be, i=
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you want to make your own packing, you need to invest in a shredder or a
pupler , or something to that effect.
i always thought cattails ( both leaves and heads) would have great
potential as packing material, and then you could make pancakes, basket=
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material, paper , and diaper linings with them .. in that order of course=
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:)
mesquite beans look quite appropriate for packing material..lightweight,=
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kind of fluffy, dry....what other seed husks are out there? would you hav=
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to heat them to drive out the bugs and eggs though?
commercial dryer lint?=3D20
i always liked how some systems utilize air...
is there someway to put a pot into a milk carton then fill the carton wit=
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air? probably not.=3D20
balloon delivery? maybe not for ceramics.
they make insulation out of recycled blue jeans and wool now, so it does
make you wonder what new alternatives for packing are out there
of course the question arises as to it's practicality as well as
availability, and figuring out ways to make it look good as well as work =
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well.
i think a creative or resourceful person can see possibilities in lots o=
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sources. the question is, how much processing and stockpiling would you
have to do to make it work?
right now i am eyeballing all the tin cans i use and wonder whether i sho=
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make 'art gutters' with them , or drive them into the ground for 'stea=
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punk garden edging'...
i figure i need to have a plan though, before they pile up, otherwise it'=
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..just a pile.
Raw materials!
Steph
Russel Fouts on thu 7 apr 11
I got this idea from Elmer Craig.
When wrapping pots in bubble wrap, use rubber bands rather than tape to =3D
secure the bubble wrap. I've got rubber bands and bubble wrap that has =3D
been recycling since the Pittsburg NCECA.
Also, there are some kinds of bubble wrap I've found that clings to =3D
itself quite well, requiring no rubber bands. I don't remember the brand =
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though, sorry.
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
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"Look, it's my misery that I have to paint this kind of painting, it's =3D
your misery that you have to love it, and the price of the misery is =3D
thirteen hundred and fifty dollars. "
- Mark Rothko, In Art/Painting
Steve Mills on fri 8 apr 11
Can I add to Russel's excellent recommendation the use of masking tape; kee=
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s the packaging together and is very easily removed without tearing the wra=
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ping!
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 7 Apr 2011, at 12:39, Russel Fouts wrote:
> I got this idea from Elmer Craig.
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> When wrapping pots in bubble wrap, use rubber bands rather than tape to s=
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> Russel
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> Russel Fouts
> Mes Potes & Mes Pots
> Brussels, Belgium
> Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
> Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
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> http://www.mypots.com
> Home of "The Potters Portal"
> Over 3000 Pottery Related Links!
> Updated infrequently
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> "Look, it's my misery that I have to paint this kind of painting, it's yo=
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r misery that you have to love it, and the price of the misery is thirteen =
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> - Mark Rothko, In Art/Painting
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