Cornerstones

If your house is like ours, you’ve already accumulated several shipping boxes in just the past week or two. Amazon says they ship an average of 608 million packages every year. If you’re worried about what to do with your share of all that cardboard, here are a few ideas:

Recycle. This is one of the few items most communities will still allow in their recycling bins. Our city can only take metal food or drink cans, plastic bottles with necks, and corrugated cardboard.

Reuse. Did you know you can donate items in an old Amazon box? Visit GiveBackBox.com and print a free shipping label. Drop your filled box at any USPS or UPS. It will go directly to the nearest participating charity organization.

Repurpose. Get out the scissors and markers and get creative. Make a fort, a dollhouse, a kitty hideaway or a cardboard city. You can have more fun with boxes than with the stuff that came in them!