I love getting mail. I love, love, love, opening the mail box and finding something addressed to me that is fun and entertaining. Sometimes that is a letter or photos. Sometimes it is gorgeous inspiring fabric. Sometimes it is chocolate. (Note, in the winter only do I mail order chocolate. Melted goodness in the summer, or that pesky extra rush shipping fee are no fun.) Sometimes it is magazines.

I love foodie magazines, natural living magazines, and personal finance and business magazines. Gotta keep up with those tech entrepreneur trends! Okay, maybe not that important, and isn’t it interesting I didn’t list any crafting, sewing, or knitting magazines? Hummm.

Anyway, you ask, what packaging do magazines require? Well, mine come either enter my abode with an extra paper outer to protect it’s front page, like one above, or with plastic shrink wrap packaging stuffed with offer and subscription mailers that just go in the recycling bin. Most of my magazines also end up in the recycling bin, minus a few pages that were torn out and inserted into my crafting binder or recipe folder.

So why retain only the knowledge from the printed pages and toss out the entire stack of inked paper you pay for each year? Why not go to your library or the internet for the same information? You’d save some money and you’d throw out a lot less paper.

Next week, stay tuned for more packaging discussions about choosing to consume less paper and plastic. Maybe at the end of all this, my family will throw away less too. Have a great weekend!