Don’t ask me why by I never disposed of my china shopping bags since I started this obsession somewhen in 2009. Now I’ve got literally hundreds of those typical, mostly orangish shipment bags in all shapes and sizes. I really need the space they take up now lol.
The problem is, I really don’t like the idea of just dumping them with my name and adress being all over there. Shredding them would seem appropriate, but how? All those low cost shredders can only handle around 5 papers and would not be able to cope with these (mostly) bubble bags. In all honesty I don’t want to spend a single cent for getting rid of this crap, if that is possible.
Should I pull a Walter White and get some acid? Any other ideas, please?
I was thinking about burning them but I’m living in the city and with no fireplace. And I’d prefer some more official ways, so that they end up at our local recycler.
I’m all for shredding. There are companies in the U.K. that will visit your premises and shred stuff with a large shredder that’s in the back of a truck. I often see them around the Council buildings and doctors surgery shredding confidential documents. Keep a look out for one and offer him or her a few dollars to get rid of them. Alternatively cut your name and address out of the packets and recycle the rest while looking for a bonfire to take care of the address labels.
I have the same problem, I have a large shopping bag full of these envelopes, mostly from FastTech, I usually end up wrapping them tightly and putting them in the recycling centre “general waste” skip, it goes to a local high temp incinerator. I have a shredder large and strong enough for credit cards and CD/DVDs but it’s the bubble inside the envelopes that stop me trying it.
Be careful with the shipping bags specially if they come from overseas. Most times they go trough dozens of hands, comes in contact with hundreds of surfaces and thousands other packages coming from all over the continent. Once I visited a shipment processing center in Guanzhou and the place was plain filthy, the workers had to wear gloves and breathing masks to avoid catching any kind of disease.
Fire would be the most efficient way if the smoke from the burning bubble wrap doesn’t give you trouble.
Shove them in a big plastic bag and toss them in the trash and get on with life ..Everyone who cares already knows your address ..Are you afraid they will mail you more stuff ?
If you really want to not throw out your address label then just cut them out with sharp scissors (box cutter razor knife is a bit much) or peel off the labels. A hot hair dryer will soften the glue, start peeling with a knife. Wear gloves if it needs more constant heat while peeling.
I think thats an old leftover grandparent paranoia that has no basis in reality today. Who would go through the garbage to get your address? Anyone can find your address online if they wanted to with minimal effort. Now if you are throwing away checks or bank statements, or don’t want someone to see the wrapper from a chinese shop that carries vibrators, maybe that paranoia is not so unreasonable (but someone could also probably find that kind of online if they were willing to look)
Plus, we already know you ordered from the same Chinese shops that sell sex toys already if you ordered from Banggood or Wallbuys at least, maybe more…
What cities allow burning random trash? These aren’t just paper, they have plastic bubble wrap bonded to the inside. Burning plastics often releases nasty toxic smoke.
Any other ideas, please?
