Give Back Box

Reuse your Amazon shipping boxes to donate to Goodwill®

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Reuse your Amazon shipping boxes to donate to Goodwill®

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TheyMadeThat

It's sad that this isn't upvoted more than the usual 'bread and circus' stuff on PH. Why is this big? When you recycle stuff like paper and cardboard with your waste management company, chances are that it isn't really being recycled. It's really just being stored in a warehouse UNTIL one day when it's profitable to recycle x-material. So with this program, you're helping a non-profit and you're actually recycling something right away. I hope they expand this program to include shipping material like those plastic bags inside your Amazon boxes. You can't really recycle that shipping insulation; most recycling operations just are not equiped to do so, and again it would really help out any organization to get that for free or near free.

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10yr ago

TheyMadeThat

@bentossell good point and I'm happy to be proven wrong

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10yr ago

Product Hunt

@kay0stheory this was the most upvoted post yesterday

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10yr ago

Give Back Box

Maker

@kay0stheory I agree!! Our idea tackles three pillars of sustainability. Economic, environmental and social. It recycles, helps people to help those in need and adds value to communities through working with non profits who get people back in to work and productive activities. Thank you for supporting us.

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10yr ago

will USPS pick up? If not, standing in line to have the box shipped is more effort than me driving to goodwill and dropping off.

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10yr ago

@xozai That challenge probably depends on where you live, but would be awesome to see this turn into a 3 way partnership and address ease of shipping too w/ USPS, UPS, @shyp, etc.

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10yr ago

@xozai if you have a label, you can drop at most packing shops with no waiting in line

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10yr ago

@xozai yes. USPS will generally pickup this item, or any other USPS labelled item for free, you can arrange a free pickup at: https://www.usps.com/pickup/

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10yr ago

Unfortunately the website is a bit vague. Is this a way to donate your clothes by packing them into an amazon box and sending them somewhere with a prepaid label?

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10yr ago

Raycast

Hunter

@ajsharp yes, Amazon will pay for the shipping to send your items to Goodwill.

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10yr ago

@chrismessina RAD. That's amazing, thanks for the explanation.

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10yr ago

Give Back Box

Maker

Give Back Box has been operating for two years and now we are working with some major retailers, including Amazon, to help those in need. Looking forward to expanding our net work

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10yr ago

PrivacyAngel

@bizdebnath Great idea, are you planning to launch in Europe?

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10yr ago

Give Back Box

Maker

@nico_lrx we are expanding to Canada in Jan 2017 and the U.K. And rest of Europe mid 2017

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10yr ago

Hello Tech Pros: Interview with Radoslav Stankov from Product Hunt

Great idea! I agree that the website needs focus. A visitor has to dig deep to understand the program.

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10yr ago

Give Back Box

Maker

@silvertone we are working on it :) but thanks for liking our initiative to help people in need

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10yr ago

I'm surprised that I hadn't posted this before, as this is one of my favorite services. Note: you don't actually need to use an Amazon box to use 'Give Back Box'. This promo is just Amazon advertising the service, but Give Back Box has actually been available for a few years and you can use any box to have the donations shipped for free by just visiting their homepage: http://givebackbox.com/

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10yr ago

Give Back Box

Maker

@_jacksmith thanks for liking givebackbox

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10yr ago

CryptoPoops

I love this! I could also see a feature that connects to your email, notices when you get an Amazon package, and sends you a handy reminder (or even the printable shipping label!) right there in your email as a convenient reminder

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10yr ago

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