Domestic Waste - Aaaaargh.

Abraham

Somebody, some day soon is going to make a fortune from designing and manufacturing a small, neat, easy to use, hang-on-the-kitchen-wall compactor which will compress into nothingness those irritating cardboard boxes that blight our busy lives these days. The fortune lies in the fact that like the guy who invented the first sweeping brush.....everyone will want one.
Every damn weekend, there's a wrestling match in our back garden as the boxes are torn asunder and broken down into portions and quantities capable of fitting into the wheelie-bin.
Inventorman..... please deliver me from this grinding chore soon.:mad:

barnicles

Why do you have a wrestling match with your cardboard boxes? Are there spectators?

Althaea

Haha! So true, Abraham! I get my son to do it, he beats them up. A great way of releasing aggression when he fails to beat that boss in his game, so I have to say the box wrestling has actually served us well. He also get's into our recycle bin every now and then to stomp it down. I would LOVE a compactor though!

homer911

I dont know about box crushers, but have you tried a can crusher?

http://readeroffers.irishtimes.com/i-cc-0401-hbg-1/CAN-CRUSHER/

Abraham

Should I try Dragons' Den for an investor ?
How could I present it ?:eek:

Abraham

Given recent commendable success of a compactor inventor on Dragons Den, was I before my time and did I miss the bus, or what ?
Anyone take me on with my reusable teabag idea ?

Capt'n Midnight

leave the boxes out siide they will get damp and then and they will crumple and tear like damp cardboard

Joey the lips

The goal of the packaging industry is to do away with waste. Where i see it going is boxes will be made of just outer cardboard and light gague. Easy to handle and tear up and throw in the bin.

The idea of leaving it out the back in the rain is one i have always done. It makes it easier.

Dara Robinson

http://www.bintrasher.com/

This should be what your looking for

Akrasia

shouldn't you be recycling your cardboard instead of throwing it away?

Pete M.

Compacting might be useful WRT management of the waste, but if you're just going to chuck it in the bin anyway, then with the change to pay per weight by most waste collectors going to happen over the next year or so, then it'll still cost you, more if you decide to leave it out in the rain ala captn midnight suggestion.
As this is the sustainability etc. forum, I think that the idea of reducing what we need to dispose of should be the subject of discussion.
Looking for something to allow you to put even more rubbish is neither sustainable nor environmentally friendly, unless the environment you're talking about is your back garden.
Also the raison d'etre of the packaging industry is to make money, not reduce packaging. As long as it's cheap and effective, they don't give a hoot how the end consumer gets rid of it.
Don't buy as much crap with packaging is probably the best solution here...