HP shatters excessive packaging world record
Quite amazing. One big box, containing 16 smaller boxes, each containing two sheets of paper (which were also wrapped in foam, for some reason).
Talk about waste! That could just as easily all gone in a Jiffy bag or something. I always thought Cisco’s packaging for Callmanager licences was stupid – an A5 sheet of paper, in an A4 cardboard envelope, in a bigger oversized envelope.
At the very least, they do bundle up many of the A4 envelopes into one bigger one, but it’s still very wasteful. Oh, and add to that the fact each of those A5 sheets of paper is accompanied by a little wad of paper (in itself shrink-wrapped) called the ‘Information Packet’. Nice pun Cisco! All it contains is a warranty – a warranty for a bit of paper, probably.
I bet it doesn’t cover accidental shredding.