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eBay Testing 100,000 Reusable Shipping Boxes
No, eBay doesn’t exactly ship anything. For that matter, they don’t even make anything that requires shipping. But with a community of millions of active eBay buyers and sellers, there’s no reason they can’t launch a product that could make a significant dent in the company’s environmental footprint. On Wednesday, the world’s largest online auction [...]
‘Clean-Idling’ Technology Could Stop Trucks from Wasting a Billion Gallons of Fuel Annually in the U.S.
Long-haul trucks idle 500 to 3,500 hours a year, burning an average of .80 gallons of diesel fuel per hour. At current fuel prices, that adds up to $3,000-$4,000 in fuel spent idling every year per truck. And with some fleets as large as 10,000 vehicles, money spent idling cuts into already narrow profit margins.
Norfolk Southern’s New Heartland Corridor Cuts Length of Major Route by 250 Miles
New intermodal route shaves 250 miles and a day’s transit time between Norfolk and Chicago.
UPACKS Form-Fitting Cardboard Box: Innovation or Over-Engineering?
Innovations in cardboard boxes come along about as often as innovations in mouse traps, or perhaps even less. But designer Patrick Sung thinks you can make a better cardboard box, and if you pay attention, you might even be able to make the same box twice.
UPS ‘Green’ Vehicle Fleet Swells to 1,900+ Vehicles
Addition of 245 natural gas-powered delivery vans adds to largest private fleet of alternatively-fueled vehicles in the shipping industry.
Company Improves Cardboard Box Recycling by Avoiding It
A company called UsedCardboxes.com says its cardboard box repurposing model will help save time, save money, and save trees.
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