Styrofoam or cardboard for your wine shipping? » Dr Vino

September 6, 2013 – 11:33

Poll: Styrofoam or cardboard for your wine shipping?

“I have too much Styrofoam.” That was the “problem” that a wine writer confessed to while introducing himself at a recent wine writers conference.

There comes a point in the wine lovers’ evolution where getting wine from the local store just won’t suffice. We want a certain bottle,sometimes from the winery or sometimes from a store that offers a better price. So we have the wine sent by UPS or FedEx.

Of the boxes I receive,about half are filled with Styrofoam and about half with cardboard inserts to protect the bottles during transportation.In honor of Earth Day,which is the “greener” material?

My collaborator Pablo Paster calls it “a philosophical choice.” That’s because Styrofoam ismuch lighter than cardboard thus the box emits fewer greenhouse gases during transportation (though its manufacture emits 8.6 times the equivalent amount of cardboard says Pablo). Even though it can be recycled,it rarely is; new polystyrene is so cheap to manufacture. Thus it ends up in landfills where it takes up a lot of space and needs hundreds of years to break down. Cardboard can be recycled more readily. Both can be reused but probably aren’t reused more than once or twice.

Since I’ve expressed my opinions about the dreaded Styrofoam before,I’ll put the question to you: Which packaging material do you prefer,cardboard,with higher GHG transport emissions today,or Styrofoam,which doesn’t biodegrade?

Source: www.drvino.com

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2008-02-10 10:48:48 by IMustSuck

And I was in the cigar industry. Believe me, that's a dying breed. Mom and pop smoke shops simply can not compete with the major mail order players like Holts, Famous Smokes, Cigars 4 Less, etc. Big tobacco companies won't deal with you unless you do major volume and have the space to show like 50 boxes just of their brands. I was in a resort area and had people come in year after year who loved me and loved and supported my store...but then they'd just walk out with a single $10 cigar. That's not going to cut it, but why WOULD they buy from me when they can buy the same cigar from someone online and have it delivered to their door for less?
Don't even get me started on cigarettes

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