Williams-Sonoma Packing Job

Today I received a belated Father’s Day gift, a great mesh pan for grilling from Williams-Sonoma.

Unfortunately, it came packaged with enough non-recyclable peanuts to completely fill a tall garbage bag. Nuclear waste isn’t so well protected. The New England Patriots don’t have this much padding.

It’s a freakin’ mesh pan! Yesterday’s newspaper could have protected it as effectively. There’s gotta be a better way.

Williams-Sonoma: can’t you find a more eco-friendly way to pack your products?

Rich Brooks
Can I Grill Those Peanuts?

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3 Responses to “Williams-Sonoma Packing Job”

Mike Freeman says:

June 26, 2008 at 9:11 am

Heres a treehugger blog about W-S Peanuts: http://tinyurl.com/4zwmxg

A quick call to the peanut hotline says that UPS stores take them, including the one on Market Street.

Hope you didn't already throw them away!
Rich Brooks says:

June 26, 2008 at 9:38 am

Great link! Thanks, Mike.
Scott Roewer says:

June 26, 2008 at 11:10 am

Hey Rich – that's insane packing. You can also call the Plastic Loosefill Council at (800) 828-2214 for a list of drop-off centers in your area that will accept plastic peanuts.