Instead of sending it to a recycle store, use a padded envelope for storing and packaging some lightweight and fragile items such as Christmas decoration materials.
3. • If you are searching for a secure and safest way of shipping your parcel to the recipient,
then the padded envelope is your pick. As the name implies, a padded envelope is used
for advanced protection of the mail.
• While the outer portion is made up of paperboard or the simple paper, the inner
padding part either features bubble wrap or newsprint. Often known as Jiffy Bags, the
padded envelope is quite difficult to recycle. As they are made of thick and heavy paper
as well as bubble wrap, you cannot easily throw them for recycling.
• Though it is hard to recycle them, you can definitely reuse these envelopes until they
get stained and almost ragged. So why not re-use the padded enveloped a couple of
times before throwing them in the recycling bin? Here we’ve come up with some tips on
how to reuse padded envelope. Let’s see
4. Use them for Posting
• It is a no-brainer fact that padded envelopes can be used for posting. But it's the most
common and the best re-use of these hard-to-recycle mailers.
• Whenever you get such an envelope, add it to your "mailer reuse" collection and send
it to someone else. Before you do that, take a fresh and clean piece of paper and tape it
firmly over the previous address and contact information.
Sell it
• It might sound pretty weird but that’s a perfect way of making cash from
your padded envelope.
5.
6. • First things first: padded envelopes are quite expensive as compared to the other
plain and casual mailers. That said, any posting company or individual who has a
regular posting job will be ready to buy the used envelopes.
Use it for Keeping Fragile Items
• Why not re-use the padded envelopes for storing the fragile items? Instead of sending
it to a recycle store, use a padded envelope for storing and packaging some
lightweight and fragile items such as Christmas decoration materials.
• Anything that you use occasionally (and is small in size) can fit in these envelopes.
Additionally, these envelopes come handy when you are moving your office or home.
You can stuff your fragile items in these envelopes so that they get in your new place
safely.