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HP Gets Eco-Friendly With Its Packaging
Last week, PetSugar ordered a camera battery from Amazon, and it came in this unnecessarily over-sized box – waaay too big for the size of its contents. It made me kinda sad to see such a waste of space (and materials) for such a small item. So when I saw HP's packaging idea for its newest laptop at a recent unveiling here in San Francisco, I was relieved that at least someone shares my frustration.
Why Is It So Hard to Open Plastic Packages?
Last night I was faced with the task of putting new ink cartridges in my boyfriend's printer and was reminded of how tricky it is to open hard clamshell packaging. It's honestly a battle I confront multiple times a week, so I decided it was time to do a little research. Why do manufactures make it so complicated?
Trend: Reusing Your New Electronics' Packaging
We've seen the Repackaged Laptop Case, which turns the cardboard casing your computer ships into a laptop protector, and the alarm clock made from its own packaging, but the TV stand made from its own packaging takes the trend to a slightly more decorative place. Designed by Tom Ballhatchet, the concept turns television packaging into a playful TV stand once you get home. This model was made from expanded polypropylene which can be molded in virtually any color and with any surface texture.
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Amazon Kicks Off Frustration-Free Packaging Initiative
Starting today, Amazon has launched a new environmentally-friendly initiative called Frustration-Free Packaging. What that means is that we can get products in new, easy-to-open packaging that's delivered in a recyclable cardboard box — therefore eliminating the need for extra packaging and annoying plastic cases (that I can hardly open anyway).
Already, 19 products from companies like Microsoft, Transcend, and Fisher-Price are working with Amazon to use less packaging when their products are shipped.
Vinyl-izing CD Kit: Love It or Leave It?
Some of us still keep vinyl around, and then some of us just romanticize vinyl. If that's you, then forget your dream of buying a turntable and just hook up a Vintage Vinyl CD Packaging Kit ($17)!
These are great for making mixes and giving CDs or DVDs as gifts for the holidays and then "wrapping" them as records, or for your own personal stash of compact discs.
Turn Your CD's into Works of Art
If you are like me and have a few CD's that you keep out for special occasions, but you don't like publicizing the fact that Britney still holds a special place in your heart, I bring to you these beautiful CD sleeves.
Geek geared by teamsugar user CiaoBella, the CD Packaging Kit from Barnes and Noble comes in four different styles including Petals in Pink, Fauna Mandala, Surf and Turf, and Happy Holidays—with each being created by different illustrators. Every unique kit features twenty-five mix-and-match CD sleeves and labels and 60 matching stickers.
FedEx iPhone App Makes Waiting For a Package Less Painful
Until you can email packages, we'll have to rely on those transporting them to us.
You can make the exquisite anticipation a little more bearable by being updated by the tracker with Track This, and if you're using FedEx, you can download their free FedEx iPhone App.
This app can track the parcels you shipped or that are being shipped to you, so you're at least aware of the delays, or see what time you should be home to get your package.
Amazon's Kindle 2: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Now that the Kindle 2 has made it to thousands of households across the US, the verdict is in — the customized packaging and overall presentation are almost as beautiful as the device.
Protected in black matte packaging with an array of embossed letters encompassing the Kindle logo, Amazon's Kindle 2 is a gadget gift indeed.
Super-Simple (and Cheap!) Earbud-Cord Storage
Sometimes even the most high-tech gadgets can be improved with the simplest of projects. Case in point: these earbud clips ($10 for a package of four) by PKOH. The colorful plastic clips slide secure your earbuds after wrapping them around your iPod.
Alarm Clock Made From Its Own Packaging
With Earth Day around the corner I've been on an eco binge. There's been an amazing surge in eco-influenced technologies and products over the last decade and there's no good reason not to make use of them. From batteries that can be charged 1,000 times, compact fluorescent bulbs to luxury hybrid cars, eco-products and designs seem to be more innovative and fashionable as time goes by.
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