• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Kinda like with plastic shopping bags. As we get further and further from the date where they were banned (in Canada), I regret the times when I decided that I had enough of them for now and threw some out.

    Though I’ll probably just start using the smaller garbage cans without a bag once I run out and maybe just clean them every now and then instead of actually spending money on any garbage bags other than the big black ones.

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      2 hours ago

      They banned them in my state in the US as well several years ago. It’s crazy when we go away and realize that not everywhere has this ban, and I kind of stock up with a bunch to take back home, lol.

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    8 hours ago

    I kept all the good boxes i used to move, for eight years. Finally thought I obviously don’t need these taking up space, and trashed them.

    Two months later I had to move.

    Keep yo boxes fam.

  • NABDad@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    We have guinea pigs, so the definition of “good box” has changed to something that is just the right size and shape to be made into a hidey.

    As soon as we put in the new box, the girls start destroying it, so we need a constant supply.

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    8 hours ago

    I need a good box at least 5-6 times a year. The pile consists of one box of each size category and there are no duplicates allowed. They are also efficiently stacked inside each other like those matryoshka dolls.

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    My brother and his wife visited over the weekend so we did some major cleaning and I had to break down and throw into the recycling bin several perfectly useable moving boxes that have been sitting around for a year “in case I needed boxes”. Then I learned when they arrived that they were moving to a new place soon and could’ve used the ones I threw out.

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      7 hours ago

      That’s some “Gift of the Magi”-level stuff right there. “Oh dang, I threw away a bunch of boxes yesterday!” “Oh no, we were going to help you clean your house!”

  • misterdoctor@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I would unironically be honored if someone left me their collection of high quality cardboard or cardboard-adjacent boxes

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    9 hours ago

    Too true, got a collection of good moving boxes in the shed after a house move. Slowly using them as painting floor though.

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    8 hours ago

    Everyone has that one moment when they realize just how expensive a good box is if you need to go out and actually buy one with money.