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Sytrofoam peanuts and EVIL and worthless

I just spent the last 15 minutes tranferring a box of packing peanuts from a cardboard box into plastic garbage bags. Not only do I now have repetitive stress on my left arm, my kitchen looks like a snowstorm just hit. I put the rest out pack and now some rebel peanuts have joined the other ones in my front yard from last month. ...then the last of them have caught on with the built up static electricity and now won't stay in the plastic bag...

in all seriousness, packing peanuts are great when packing, say..a coffee cup....but are utterly useless when packing an amp over 30lbs. I don't know why people use them for shipping highend gear. There are several other better, cheaper, less cumbersome materials one can use which are more appropriate.

thanks for listening...
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avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Yes, a while back some jerkweed sent me a dvd player packed with them. No plastic bag around the player.

I sent him a thank you note with anthrax.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
They are also an environmental disaster ... unless you take them to the UPS store as they reuse them.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I once received stuff packed in biodegradable peanuts. You'd dump them on your lawn and add water, and they'd dissolve into the grass (the manufacturer actually said they were good for the lawn...)

I wonder whatever happened to this stuff? It was great from an environmental standpoint, and from the ease-of-disposal standpoint.
subaruguru
1,353 posts
 
Yes, the biodegradable ones are made from corn starch I think, and thus are actually edible...melt in your mouth!
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Exactly right, Ernie! They definitely taste better than Styrofoam.

I can't understand why these aren't more widely used. Maybe they have a shorter shelf life.
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