Comments on: Green Shipping Materials, Including Plastic-Free Paper Packing Tape

By: TraceyTief

TraceyTief — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:31:26 +0000

Buy paper taper at Uline. ca in Canada, Uline.com in the US.
unless you are sending super big and gheavy boxes, you don’t need reinforcement in it.
I mail out 5 packages a day of glass & metal packaged cosmetics and it works just fine!

By: {Business Tips} Greening Your Shipping Practices

{Business Tips} Greening Your Shipping Practices — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:53:19 +0000

[...] 4. NikkiDesigns – Nikki uses boxes and other packaging reclaimed from a local blinds store to ship her ecofriendly bedding and accessories. She minimizes the use of plastic adhesives by using the paper tape she learned about here. [...]

By: kanishka

kanishka — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:48:35 +0000

fyi, caremail has papertape now, though only staples seems to carry it. hope green stores pick it up soon.

By: Sakeenah

Sakeenah — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:41:40 +0000

Also, just wanted to let you know I followed the paper packing tape link to EcoBox.com and sent them an email asking if the reinforced tape has fiberglass, they replied that it does.

By: Sakeenah

Sakeenah — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:37:23 +0000

Thanks for this post! I ship a lot on ebay and I will stop using plastic tape. It seems really hard to find reinforced WAT tape that does not have fiberglass – which is really plastic, who knew glass that is plastic :/ I love the link to the tutorial on PicnicBasketCrafts it helps a lot.

By: Harjeet Singh Oberoi

Harjeet Singh Oberoi — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:46:54 +0000

Hi
Its been a great thought of being Plastic Free Surroundings
We must try to clear our minds first & then livings
This plastic menace has put our universe in trouble and we’re responsible for the same
Lets join our hands to make our world Plastic Free
Wishing every body A Good, Green Environment Friendly Life
Go Green & Live Green
Harjeet
INDIA

By: Dennis Salazar

Dennis Salazar — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:46:22 +0000

We represent the largest manufacturer of paper tape and the adhesive is most definitely vegatable based. Hope that helps.

Dennis Salazar
http://www.globeguardproducts.com

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:47:17 +0000

Hi Craig. I haven’t researched the adhesive on the tape. Maybe someone else knows. As far as recycling, I don’t know of any way to recycle plastic tape. That’s one of the reasons it’s a problem. I don’t use it. And I don’t buy produce in those net bags because those can’t be recycled either. I just buy loose produce.

By: CraigP

CraigP — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:54:07 +0000

Beth (and everyone) – do you know about the adhesive on the paper tape? What type it is? For strict vegans animal products are off-limits. Some glue is (or was) made from rendered animal remains or uses casein, a milk-derived product. I could be that these ingredients are no longer used in this country, but I’m not sure.

Also I was wondering about recycling of plastic tape. Do you have a source for recycling it?

And those plastic net bags that oranges, grapefruit, and avocados come in – what do you do with those?

Thanks

By: Food Forest

Food Forest — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:32:02 +0000

I use cardboard in my garden as mulch. The new paper tape with fiberglass thread sticks to the box when I attempt to tear it off. I don’t want the fiberglass thread in my garden obviously. Much of my boxes come from Amazon.com Is there anything I can do besides cutting away any cardboard with tape on it? So far the fiberglass thread sticks to the box even if I can get the top layer of paper tape off. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.