Microwaves conveniently reheat food, but not everything should go in the appliance. Cardboard, for one, can sometimes be ...

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It almost seems like a no brainer. Of course packing boxes are recyclable, right? Right. But then readers had questions. What about the packing tape? How small do they have to be folded? They won't ...

It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking equipment.