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Subject: green book shipping
Date Posted: 1/6/2009 12:44 PM ET
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I used to ship all books in envelop more...
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Date Posted: 1/6/2009 1:45 PM ET
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I al more...
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Subject: Book Wrappings
Date Posted: 1/6/2009 9:08 PM ET
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Someone sent me some books wrapped i more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2009 4:22 AM ET
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 But everything I keep more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2009 10:10 AM ET
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I re-use the envelopes I'm sent.  I also got lucky and sna more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2009 11:56 AM ET
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I reuse the envelopes that I recieve from other people as well more...
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Subject: Glad I'm in this Thread!
Date Posted: 1/7/2009 12:17 PM ET
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...because I checked out your interesting mention of a special dea more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2009 12:20 PM ET
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Heh. I've done that o more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2009 7:21 PM ET
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I travel a lot, so reci more...
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Date Posted: 1/7/2009 10:29 PM ET
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I reuse the plastic bags that clothing comes in from catalogs (especially the cl more...
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Date Posted: 1/8/2009 12:41 PM ET
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We use brown paper at work to keep things covered and sterile and there are a more...
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Subject: Tape
Date Posted: 1/8/2009 10:33 PM ET
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I've been more...
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Subject: Tape
Date Posted: 1/8/2009 10:34 PM ET
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I've been more...
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Date Posted: 1/9/2009 9:21 AM ET
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If wrapping in ba more...
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Date Posted: 1/9/2009 10:24 AM ET
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imo reusing anything is better than buying something new.  it doesn't matter if it's paper of plastic as long as you are extending the life of it before it become garbage.  imo there is NEVER a more...
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Date Posted: 1/9/2009 11:46 AM ET
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Julie - I always question whether it is more green to ren more...
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Subject: wrapping
Date Posted: 1/11/2009 3:22 PM ET
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Animal feed bags, the pla more...
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Date Posted: 1/11/2009 5:42 PM ET
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I use more...
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Subject: green book shipping
Date Posted: 1/14/2009 9:02 PM ET
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I am fortunate to work somewhere where we get alot of bubblewrap.Every more...
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Date Posted: 1/23/2009 11:35 AM ET
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I wrap my books in the plastic sacks the newspaper comes in more...
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Subject: Opening envelopes
Date Posted: 1/23/2009 12:12 PM ET
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Julie! Just s more...
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Subject: PLEASE, no brown kraft paper
Date Posted: 1/23/2009 5:24 PM ET
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The rough, brown paper from paper bags or kraft paper is NOT acceptable for wrapping books.  more...
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Date Posted: 2/2/2009 11:38 PM ET
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When mailing several books at a time I have used a cereal more...
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Date Posted: 2/3/2009 2:51 PM ET
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Reuse. Repurpose. R more...
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Date Posted: 2/4/2009 6:22 PM ET
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I reuse as many envelopes as I can. Slit open at the top and just tape a new label over t more...
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