The Business Of Amazon Shipping Boxes

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  • Cardboard boxes are a really big deal in the U.S. Amazon alone shipped over 5 billion packages through Prime in 2017. But as Amazon moves to plastic mailers and paper mailers the corrugated box market is bracing for the fallout.
    There are other players in the space but today the four big cardboard box manufacturers that dominate the market are International Paper, WestRock, Packaging Corporation of America and Georgia-Pacific.
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    The Business Of Amazon Shipping Boxes

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  • @jonathan2350
    @jonathan2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +767

    Howww did CNBC make a video about boxes so interesting?

    • @dontsubscribetothischannel8395
      @dontsubscribetothischannel8395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Well one of the employees really *thought outside the box*

    • @FranktheTank70
      @FranktheTank70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is this reply from the future?

    • @Thisthat1234
      @Thisthat1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It doesn’t take much to entertain people.

    • @novan3
      @novan3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The background music is the secret sauce

    • @joesterling4299
      @joesterling4299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They've been on a roll for a while. Never thought I'd be following CNBC videos (yet here we are).

  • @Vivendiify
    @Vivendiify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    10 years later.. Amazon builds its own box.
    20 years later Amazon becomes a monopoly in the 📦 market

    • @whopperlover1772
      @whopperlover1772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Honestly surprising they haven’t yet

    • @qli2911
      @qli2911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cut the year numbers in half

    • @bepreparedforwhatscoming4975
      @bepreparedforwhatscoming4975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Relio what industry WONT they monopolize..

    • @bhavyajain638
      @bhavyajain638 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whopperlover1772 i think that's because they don't want environmentalists poking their nose. But i do think they could be more efficient if they did.

    • @Hilldrum
      @Hilldrum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In some cases they do build they're own boxes, as do many companies that have a vast array of products that require different sizes and different protection needs. One such company is WestRock who supplies the customer with the machine as well as corrugated material to be made into final box. It's a great system as it cuts down not only on packaging material and overall dimensions, but also on filler material needed to protect the product/order.

  • @charliebadge6575
    @charliebadge6575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +873

    Can’t help but think about the Simpson episode when the school goes to the box factory

    • @Petrockseller
      @Petrockseller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      "Oh my god, that's his lucky red cap! He's a box! My boy's a box!!!"

    • @edwardbell8771
      @edwardbell8771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m glad your the first comment I seen and what I was looking for!

    • @Dave-ng9mn
      @Dave-ng9mn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Charlie Badge lmao I went to the PCA factory in Illinois as a field trip for my engineering class.

    • @autoworker12345
      @autoworker12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What about the episode when Bart and Lisa orders 1000s of free boxes and they built huge castle. Then get into corrugated war with UPS.
      Yet Target recycles ALL packaging products from the stores to the warehouses for more eco-friendly process. And will reuse the warehouse shipping boxes over and over and over to the stores until its totally unuseable!

    • @hemipemi
      @hemipemi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's just a TV studio where they film Krusty the Clown *and other non-box related progamming*.
      Since it has nothing to do with boxes, I'll just close this blind.

  • @zeckwiz
    @zeckwiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1124

    Dunder Mifflin should have pivoted to the box business instead of printers...

    • @TEDdotcom
      @TEDdotcom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The People Person’s Paper People.

    • @shashwatshrey9248
      @shashwatshrey9248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ikr!
      Dwight would be watching this video carefully!
      Hope Dwight can overcome Staples.

    • @DIGITAL7Media
      @DIGITAL7Media 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But then their boxes would catch on fire probably.

    • @Jason-mv4go
      @Jason-mv4go 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The clue is in the name, destroy the AMAZON rain forest, replace with palm oil trees and aloe Vera plants home to the little Shellac bug, best source of Red pigment for food and lipsticks.

    • @RB-cp7cc
      @RB-cp7cc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DIGITAL7Media hey that was sabre dont blame dunder mifflin

  • @FireEverLiving
    @FireEverLiving 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1601

    "America is the Saudi Arabia of trees" LOL

    • @mikegaskin5542
      @mikegaskin5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      We're also the Saudi Arabia of wind power

    • @MrTito324
      @MrTito324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      We are the Saudi Arabia of debt

    • @lesliestandifer
      @lesliestandifer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Venezuela is the Saudi Arabia of Oil

    • @ZERO0HEROisFTW
      @ZERO0HEROisFTW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      So that makes Canada what? We got more forest.

    • @abibnoor
      @abibnoor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The Mecca of stuff. I wonder where Mecca is located?

  • @mykingdomforanrv5536
    @mykingdomforanrv5536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    Brazil is the Saudi Arabia of trees...with its own Amazon, LOL.

    • @superrsmoviemaker123
      @superrsmoviemaker123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      MyKingdomForanRV paper is not made from jungle trees

    • @adrianmorph
      @adrianmorph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      America is a continent, not a country, Brasil is part of america

    • @dapwn3ritswatido
      @dapwn3ritswatido 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@adrianmorph HEY! If you don't like 'Merica, you can GIT OUT!
      MAGA - Build The Wall

    • @joesterling4299
      @joesterling4299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not for long, if they keep destroying it.

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joesterling4299 The analogy still stands as Saudi oil depletes. ;-)

  • @solar3013
    @solar3013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    “China certainly doesn’t have trees”
    They do, but just like what he said about India, not the right type.

    • @Donut-zw2bb
      @Donut-zw2bb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @tommy aronson Have you seen China? They do have trees, not as abundant as US and not the right type, but they do.

    • @solar3013
      @solar3013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’ve lived in China. Mountains are everywhere (in the rural area, not in the cities).

    • @areuie4388
      @areuie4388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rural China has a lot of trees lol

    • @dadude4960
      @dadude4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      actually. China does have trees of the right types. but not enough for their own demands.
      they are also neighbors with Russia, who have more trees than anyone would ever need.

    • @Renwoxing13
      @Renwoxing13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bamboo isnt a tree, it is a type of grass!

  • @nunyabidness117
    @nunyabidness117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    You know you're a huge company when you have a PhD serving as Director Of Customer Packaging Experience on the payroll.

    • @DenyLoneWolf
      @DenyLoneWolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's nothing. New days with an PhD, if you're lucky, you can get work at McDonald's!

    • @flabbergasted5588
      @flabbergasted5588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DenyLoneWolf RIP your English lmfao “an” and typos XD

    • @DenyLoneWolf
      @DenyLoneWolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@flabbergasted5588 darn, that's true :))
      This is what happens when you're not focused on what you are doing and, on top of that, you type in your third language :)) sry :/

  • @mayor399999999999999
    @mayor399999999999999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Being a postal carrier, I swear half of the big boxes I deliver are filled only with air. Smh.

  • @decay4918
    @decay4918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    I did this for entrepreneurship class all I did was sell boxes for shipping company’s and restraunt take out boxes and got an F

    • @user-gs8jv4oq6w
      @user-gs8jv4oq6w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Decay really? Sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

    • @investary0
      @investary0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      should have gotten an A+

    • @dontsubscribetothischannel8395
      @dontsubscribetothischannel8395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      You got an F? Well thats good because F stands for Fabulous!

    • @abdulsoleh7131
      @abdulsoleh7131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe because even you have a good idea, you business plan is flawed

    • @briandesa2622
      @briandesa2622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe cause of your grammar and spelling? 😉

  • @ULATAN.
    @ULATAN. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    I hope these packaging companies adapt and develop more to eco friendlier options for those plastic bags & bubble wraps.

    • @adrianmorph
      @adrianmorph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Over population and nonsense purchases are the real problem

    • @ULATAN.
      @ULATAN. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lukas unfortunately, being a lesser of two evils still doesn’t make it a good kind of environmental waste.

    • @ozzy2753
      @ozzy2753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The plastic allows for less fuel consumption compared to cardboard weight. During shipping

    • @vincentmuyo
      @vincentmuyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plastic goes into burnable trash.

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ulatan, I agree. The plastic needs to be easily recycled, or easily decomposed.

  • @emilyarchibald1900
    @emilyarchibald1900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I always save the packaging to re-use it for eBay. Boxes and bubble mailers. I just make sure to take the barcodes and address off.

  • @MarkLambertMusic
    @MarkLambertMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm sitting here watching a documentary about cardboard boxes! My life is so great and fulfilling! Yay 2020!

  • @pc-broke8348
    @pc-broke8348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Reminds me about the Spongebob episode where squidward watches tv and sees a documentary about boxes then switches Channels and sees a box fight where boxes fight lol

  • @papisprankles1351
    @papisprankles1351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I remember when I ordered a small 10” windshield wiper for the back of my car , it came in a box that was big enough to fit a sword or something 😂

    • @TasX
      @TasX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I ordered a single 2 battery tab. Literally came in a 1foot by 1 foot box and I found it lodged in between the flaps

    • @christinafitzgerald8886
      @christinafitzgerald8886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Whatever box the computer tells the packer they have to use. One can not downgrade to a smaller box. If the packers do then it may take longer to get your shipment.

    • @ke6gwf
      @ke6gwf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lesson learned is next time you order a windshield wiper, order a sword as well.

    • @Veggamattic
      @Veggamattic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I swear that this is also the one thing I remember from all the packaging I ever received. The box for my wiper blade was OBSCENE!

    • @latieraqueen7Pacheco
      @latieraqueen7Pacheco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's because their system requires cubic scanning. It's really messed up. It tells the packer the wrong box size half of the time.

  • @-wd40-66
    @-wd40-66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It’s not free two day shipping. You have to pay for the prime membership which is $120.00 a year.

    • @austincairy5872
      @austincairy5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And if you actually use amazon, its 100% worth it.

    • @virginiakingsford2232
      @virginiakingsford2232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Its free if you use other people Amazon account.

    • @EarthWasHere
      @EarthWasHere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Elvis TheKing it’s very useful when you order a lot of stuff. If your just buying 1-2 items a month then i wouldn’t recommend it, but unlike me I buy 12-15 items a month.

  • @hayleysmith8494
    @hayleysmith8494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was an intern at WestRock last summer! One of my roles was entering daily Amazon orders.

    • @uf1978
      @uf1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Been working for Westrock/meadwestvaco/ mead for 25 years!

  • @ArchFundy
    @ArchFundy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    I think they should at least explore the incorporation of hemp and bamboo in box making.

    • @VelvetCondoms
      @VelvetCondoms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Bamboo is used in cardboard already. Although the harvesting is a little harder than more traditional materials, it can yield more material per physical area for growth per year.

    • @brandonhamilton8871
      @brandonhamilton8871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Hemp yes. Bamboo no. Bamboo boxes are not environmentally friendly because bamboo takes 20+ years to grow to maturity . Hemp on the otherhand, we could grow a forest of weed trees in 6 months which will turn over possibly trillions in revenue and it's easily renewable

    • @oceannavagator
      @oceannavagator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@brandonhamilton8871 Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet dude. It grows one millimeter per hour and gets 20 feet tall in one season. Hemp is valuable for it's long fibers, for rope and cloth but cardboard is much harder to make with hemp.

    • @rah.r5830
      @rah.r5830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@brandonhamilton8871 Your wrong Bamboo takes 2-3 years to grow the initial patch then 3-4 months for regrowth after cutting. Bamboo takes less time to grow to maturity than timber which can take decades.

    • @ArchFundy
      @ArchFundy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@brandonhamilton8871 I didn't realize it took that long with bamboo. Hemp can be grown in as little as 4 months, at least when you are growing it for buds, not fiber. Maybe bamboo could be bred to grow faster like pot was.

  • @JessieArmy
    @JessieArmy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I shop online a lot... I also sell things online. I always re-use the boxes!

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny thing is how much shipping boxes alone cost.

    • @sylvestregalli5113
      @sylvestregalli5113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      congratulations, do you want a biscuit ?

    • @Raych666
      @Raych666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sylvestregalli5113 Can I have a biscuit

    • @johnd5398
      @johnd5398 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sylvestregalli5113 she must be sore by now from patting herself on the back.

  • @imaginarygoblin
    @imaginarygoblin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    Please God, NO MORE PLASTIC "solutions"! UGH!

    • @miebjerring1994
      @miebjerring1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@wakaisgood yeah sure

    • @Sky_god1
      @Sky_god1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What do you think the phone your looking at is made of?

    • @Sky_god1
      @Sky_god1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ageorgiev89 well said.👏

    • @JACKRAIDEN97
      @JACKRAIDEN97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ageorgiev89 what a dumbfuck

    • @SNORKYMEDIA
      @SNORKYMEDIA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Sky_god1 do you use your phone for 1 day then bin it?

  • @purberri
    @purberri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    We don’t need more plastic we need alternative eco friendly packaging.

    • @bigmuscles250lbs
      @bigmuscles250lbs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Video didn't mention that recycling boxes has a substantial carbon footprint: transporting from homes to recycling centers to businesses that break them down to pulp and make them into paper (an energy-intensive process), to box manufacturers, to distributors to retailers. Still researching, but using plastic containers that can be reused 100's of times may be better for the environment (delivery people keep the plastic container and return it to Amazon). Amazon's fleet of 30 cargo jets for two-day shipping has a huge carbon footprint. The best thing for the environment is for people to get their butts off the couch and go to a store (efficiently) and purchase the item. Most stores receive their shipments by rail and/or truck which is most efficient with the least carbon footprint.

    • @Zreknarf
      @Zreknarf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bigmuscles250lbs that's not true, ordering groceries online is 43% more efficient. as you said trucks are more efficient, thus having 1 truck drive to 100 houses is better than 100 cars driving to the store. the meal plan things are even better since they eliminate a lot of food waste and travel from farm > packaging facility > your house instead of farm > packaging facility > distribution facility > store > your house. but the 43% study was conducted by amazon so do with that what you will

    • @haileywegman5659
      @haileywegman5659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fr! Got a paper Amazon envelope the other day. It is possible. I wonder what kind of impact using those instead would create.

    • @Zreknarf
      @Zreknarf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Penguiniel I'm not sure about that, the post office is still reusing plastic boxes from the 90s, and when they break they're melted down into a new box

    • @SoulDevoured
      @SoulDevoured 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@haileywegman5659 they mentioned in the video that Amazon was moving towards waxed paper instead of plastic but the reporter kept acting like it was only the option of plastic or boxes moving forward. It was... Strange....

  • @theblubus
    @theblubus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lol after covid, I want to see 2020's actual numbers compared to the projected numbers @ 15:25

  • @The90sGamingGuy
    @The90sGamingGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I worked at Amazon seven years ago for eight months and always wondered where they got they're shipping boxes.

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is the longest ad for boxes I have ever watched.

    • @anthonywalker6168
      @anthonywalker6168 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what CNBC does. They are the church for stock cults in shares that don’t pay dividends. When the company doesn’t pay dividends, they need to advertise their stock, that’s where CNBC comes in...

  • @lambo2655
    @lambo2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Before I retired this year I worked in a supply warehouse where we stocked their boxes and it took up many aisles from floor to ceiling. We shipped out trailer loads every week.

  • @AmyDoggy
    @AmyDoggy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    talking about boxes and Instagramable moments... oh no.. just no

  • @AliceDepaul
    @AliceDepaul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Maybe in the future we will use some reusable boxes, ones that people return or are even picked up from homes at the next delivery and keep reusing the same ones over and over again.

  • @fannwooket9419
    @fannwooket9419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I work at ups and those arrows are giving me ptsd

  • @Calirules300
    @Calirules300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I work for post office. Amazon barely tapes their boxes. Many time content get lost. That one paper tape not holding heavy things.

    • @sunglassesgirl
      @sunglassesgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ Fun Time -- It could be that ONE of their suppliers of _THAT_ printed paper tape that is making tape with crummy adhesive... I say that because I usually have trouble ripping _that_ tape off the boxes by hand... then a couple of months ago, I bought a VERY lightweight seat cushion and someone at the post office had to use their red USPS tape to re-tape the box because Amazon's tape was falling off. (No lost anything, so I was good.)

    • @dontsubscribetothischannel8395
      @dontsubscribetothischannel8395 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You sir have taped your job together! Good Job

    • @Network126
      @Network126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Companies don't care if their boxes are sealed correctly or not. They just want it on the truck and out of their building ASAP. I worked at a packaging company and was forced to work too fast to even close the boxes. They'd pop back open as soon as they were stacked onto the pallet, with wet tape still hanging everywhere. Nobody cared. It just had to get out the damn door.

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Network126 : Interesting even though there are machines that tape boxes ( www.packagingtapeinc.com/box-taping-machine.html )

    • @russ1376
      @russ1376 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sunglassesgirl it’s a water based tape. if the warehouse personnel didn’t tape it good the tape will dry and come off. i usually just wet it with a water bottle to activate the glue and stick it on the box again.

  • @dampandrew
    @dampandrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the sound it make when a heavy cardboard a3 size slaps on to flexing conveyor rollers it makes a fantastic noise

  • @Microtic
    @Microtic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Electronics and dinnerware will still require boxes."
    Tell Amazon that. They just shipped me a 6TB hard drive in a plastic mailer. 😩👎

    • @tonymcloughlin7007
      @tonymcloughlin7007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did it still work?

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The design of some carriers using semi-flexible plastic allows for some cushioning. With those mounted in a corrugated box. About equal to a foam block in the same box.

    • @jacobhillstrom4578
      @jacobhillstrom4578 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gah!

  • @kjrchannel1480
    @kjrchannel1480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I think Jeff B should be required to take back all shipping materials and reuse them.

    • @technofrendz
      @technofrendz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it should.
      In India, Flipkart has started the same last year. They are picking up the delivered product boxes/ plastic bags.
      I appreciate the attempt made to protect environment.

  • @toxicbambi6208
    @toxicbambi6208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another important aspect of why just relying on consumers to recycle can't work is, in my area we now have a VERY short list of things we're allowed to recycle. My area doesn't have great recycling infrastructure so we shipped most of it overseas, which we can no longer do. We want to recycle more, but we can't. We get charged for incorrect things in recycling as well.

  • @jetseal8437
    @jetseal8437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    No one:
    CNBC: Who makes Amazon shipping boxes?

  • @DarkMerchant2222
    @DarkMerchant2222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Ahhh Georgia Pacific, they also make my toilet paper

  • @derm33
    @derm33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    7:42 peep the open box lol

  • @OnTheSeen
    @OnTheSeen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I work in corrugate design and the ecological issue is not with what Amazon uses to ship but the entire model of eCommerce over brick and mortar. It's great that some less harmful packaging is in Amazon's financial interest (Don't be fooled by their greenwashing) but fundamentally their system is shockingly more damaging than the norms of commerce. I'm not saying eCommerce should be outlawed, there are numerous reasons why it is important to many consumers and I go to amazon for certain things but the vast majority of products people buy on Amazon could (and should) be purchased in store when possible. USPS, Fedex, amazon, and most products you purchase online are considered single-parcel shipment which really should be a last ditch effort as far as distribution is concerned. Single parcel forces distributors to use massive amounts of packaging to ship each item because it will be thrown and dropped at every step on its way to you. It also puts more trucks on the road, making more stops, burning tons and tons of fuel. All of this while giving you a damaged product more frequently than any store.
    I also resent this video for insinuating that amazon invented ship testing. There has been standardized testing used for over 50 years and as long as there has been major trade there has been some form of shipment testing. For years amazon has tried to sell themselves as the heroes, solving the problems they created.

  • @egd3345
    @egd3345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In the Netherlands the biggest ecommerce company now ships big items in good boxes without boxes around then. They seal it with thin transparent plastic and then stick the shipping label on it.

  • @purberri
    @purberri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    We don't need more plastic. Amazon needs to be more proactive in environmental issues. Need to develop better alternatives.

    • @pyrophobia133
      @pyrophobia133 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hard plastic?

    • @scottyhaines4226
      @scottyhaines4226 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pyrophobia133 they can make paper bags that do the same thing as the plastic bags

    • @dontsubscribetothischannel8395
      @dontsubscribetothischannel8395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scottyhaines4226 my brand new HDTV will go in great protection being shipped in a paper bag. Sorry but cardboard is life

    • @scottyhaines4226
      @scottyhaines4226 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dontsubscribetothischannel8395 you dimbo. They're only putting things that fit and won't get damaged during shipping in bags. It's not like everything is going into a bag. They'd lose money on returns if they did that

  • @mikefieselman
    @mikefieselman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its 4:47 am, and I’m watching a video on boxes. This reminds me of that commercial spongebob was watching where the guy goes “i didnt know what to get ya, so i got you this box”

  • @DyslexicMitochondria
    @DyslexicMitochondria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    The best part about these boxes is that they're completely biodegradable, so no matter how many boxes Amazon ships, they'll still be non-harmful to our environment.I am currently making a video on this very issue. Great job CNBC.

    • @epicstuff7522
      @epicstuff7522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      true

    • @Kastinuk
      @Kastinuk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Bigger boxes need more space though which makes the shipping more inefficient. Wastes fuel -> harmful to environment

    • @smallbeans101
      @smallbeans101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Kastinuk you being alive is much more than a box

    • @reheyesd8666
      @reheyesd8666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kastinuk I would say they are much better efficiency wise as you can fit more in it?

    • @mykalimba
      @mykalimba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Biodegradable boxes does not equal being non-harmful to the environment. If they ship enough boxes to warrant clear cutting huge quantities of trees, that'd be pretty harmful.

  • @hardhousegeneration2038
    @hardhousegeneration2038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    It should be a program specifically for this issue such as “Buy Back” maybe 5c per pound? Or something of that topic , Amazon will benefit since is the same box and plastic .... anyway just a thought.

    • @NPAMike
      @NPAMike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Won't ever happen to boxes while durable are most definitely not reusable. I work in the pharmaceutical logistical industry and we send out packages insides a temperature controlled shipper inside of a corrugated box one time use when it comes back to us its practically unrecognizable on the outside.

    • @bilibiliism
      @bilibiliism 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you call this guy stupid, but in china, thats exactly how ecommerce companies are doing

    • @wilkesjournal
      @wilkesjournal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Recyclable cardboard in bulk is now worth as much as scrap steel.

  • @infinitedesigns_io
    @infinitedesigns_io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    7:00 Dude's a packaging machine

  • @shanghainese7198
    @shanghainese7198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I get anxiety when it says my package is delivered, but I can’t find it on my porch and it is in the mailbox

  • @SumbaSlice
    @SumbaSlice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    i bought 5 amazon shares at 400$. now they are at like 1700$. thanks bezos for making my portfolio go up. i am tired of winning.

    • @JediSoulfly
      @JediSoulfly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Actually, they closed at 1,988.30 today.

    • @orlando4683
      @orlando4683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wanna know how you guys know what to buy and how you earn money of it. I need to do my homework about all that

    • @TheGrelots
      @TheGrelots 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Orlando read "the intelligent investor" not just for it's content but it'll also build your patience.

    • @Sky_god1
      @Sky_god1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I kick myself for not buying in 2008 when stocks tanked. I would of been a millionaire.

    • @Aarejayy
      @Aarejayy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazon gave me a share when I got hired should I sell or hold onto it?

  • @storino03
    @storino03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    At one point, I had a mountain of Amazon shipping boxes. Tried using some to mail for items I sold online, but still too many. I wish they could deliver the item, wait a few minutes while I open it, remove the items, and take back the box!

    • @umwhoalol
      @umwhoalol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They dont have space, cut the tape on both flapped sides to make it flag again and stuff it in the recycling bin

    • @keltondavis4559
      @keltondavis4559 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or just burn it easier than throwing them out

    • @Maneras03
      @Maneras03 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      BoneCollector yeah that’s not going to happen

  • @ensec6630
    @ensec6630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    im sorry is no one focusing on how amazon has 10 million unique products!?

    • @HidekiShinichi
      @HidekiShinichi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Economy of scale... Great things for everyone

    • @philipmolokwu9271
      @philipmolokwu9271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't see how that's surprising. I mean it's Amazon

    • @mikegaskin5542
      @mikegaskin5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's just the number of products that are eligible for one day delivery, they have a lot more products in total

    • @Nishith8
      @Nishith8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thay have like 150 million products

    • @HidekiShinichi
      @HidekiShinichi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Navroze Panthaky stealing? What are they stealing?

  • @nechemiahseltzer
    @nechemiahseltzer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes, the paper industry is growing, Dunder Mifflin in back in business.

  • @salcisneros4538
    @salcisneros4538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    *Dunder Mufflin has entered the chat

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now it’s CNBC vs. Vox vs. Cheddar vs. AJ+ for TH-cam documentaries.

  • @supernerd7093
    @supernerd7093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    amazon does not care about recycling just saving $$$. that is fine but let's not pretend otherwise.

    • @bftjoe
      @bftjoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not mutually exclusive.

  • @westabsupplyebay4093
    @westabsupplyebay4093 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coming from a business cost prospective using poly mailer bags/small bubble mailers inbulk has saved alot of money in comparison to buying bundles of boxes. Boxes are still used but at a rate of less then half of total orders on average helping the bottom line. In the end on most small items packaging costs is between 40 cents to 70 cents a package each including printing costs. Tape is much cheaper online inbulk then in any Walmart out there.

  • @NathansWargames
    @NathansWargames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Never knew a vid about boxes could be so interesting

  • @VimeleosZen
    @VimeleosZen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yeah that’s what was on my mind every time I saw a Amazon video. “Damn the box manufacturing industry is booming”

  • @ojtamayosr
    @ojtamayosr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad the video mentioned the negative aspects of post-consumer flexible packaging. No matter how much lipstick you still have a pig. Most plastic packaging can be recycled but it isn't, that's the reality. As the video noted, over 90% of corrugated boxes are recycled. By the way, most new boxes already contain at least one third recycled paper. It's the only packaging material that keeps on giving.

  • @orlandokaraoke3002
    @orlandokaraoke3002 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked at union camp in the late 90s. They had one multi million dollar special order German made Machine that ran almost constantly making boxes for 'milko'. They were basically boxes to transport containers of milk or orange juice. Another machine that was as old as wwii was primarily used to make boxes for white consolidated industries. Which owns several major manufacturers of refrigerators. It was constantly running to meet the demand of the super large heavy duty boxes. During the late 90s the demand was high and most corrugated board companies were closing their doors. A person with experience operating flexo presses that cut, print, and fold the boxes typically made more than $20 an hour. This was a time when a standard steel press operator or plastic mold operator might expect to make only around $10 an hour. I know a guy that has been with a corrugated packaging company since then and he is at top pay, almost $40 an hour. That's pretty good for someone who didn't even graduate high school and speaks to the demand of the industry for people operating the machines to make boxes. Swedish companies are recycling tires and plastic bags combined to make materials for building roads. Reinventing the wheel may not prove beneficial but redesigning the box could.

  • @1Ocqueoc
    @1Ocqueoc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The problem with the air pillows is that Amazon uses them to fill empty space in the box - not actually cushion the contents from vibration or impact. The same thing with their craft-paper filler. With either option, Amazon places your items in the bottom of the box, then just fills the empty space. They do nothing to protect your purchases.

    • @dementos7806
      @dementos7806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Randy She Sometimes they don't even fill the space.

    • @Mrzickyzxz
      @Mrzickyzxz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So true, I wonder if they are told to do that or they are suppose to put the item in the middle.

  • @Pandhermonium
    @Pandhermonium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:45 I'm glad they took the pic the way they are left at customers doorstep (Upside down)

    • @hijoeist
      @hijoeist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      was wondering if anyone else noticed that too lol

  • @CarmindyOnline
    @CarmindyOnline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's really kinda interesting is this last summer I used all my Amazon boxes in my garden around my flower beds and such.... then a few months later where I put those boxes I got HUGE mushrooms!! It was a HUGE colony of morel mushrooms. Their boxes were contaminated with mushroom spores and my flower beds were a huge mess. Now all those boxes go in the recycling bin. What a waste!! I'd like to know why morel mushroom spores were all over them.

  • @scubasteve2132
    @scubasteve2132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    great more plastic waste instead of recyclable cardboard because it cost more wow! clear example of how the world is gonna end.

    • @wjerame
      @wjerame 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If only there was a way to recycle plastic...

    • @Kokilovesreno
      @Kokilovesreno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      wjerame plastic is hard to recycle and expensive too which is why only 9% is recycled.

    • @lauej
      @lauej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plastic is not that bad for the environment. Could easily be recycled, and even if burned, its not worse than burning fowsil fuels.

    • @Kokilovesreno
      @Kokilovesreno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      JosefsensDK plastic is not easily recyclable it’s actually hard to recycle because it’s expensive to recycle. That’s why only 9% of plastic is recycled. Micro plastic is also in our food chain and water supply which should worry you as scientists don’t know how it’s affecting us due to it only being around for less than a century.

    • @Kokilovesreno
      @Kokilovesreno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JosefsensDK so yes plastic is horrible

  • @SimilakChild
    @SimilakChild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I frequently order from Amazon and I too asked myself this same question. the contents ALWAYS fit the box 100% perfectly + had plastic padding in it.

  • @wolf2109
    @wolf2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The Saudi princes and Kings of the world think they're so grand and powerful sitting on wealth passed on to them while ONE man singlehandedly built the world's richest company from scratch.
    Now that, is impressive

    • @christophermccormick5505
      @christophermccormick5505 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Supposedly the amount of wealth those King's have make Besos' look like pocket change

    • @doducduy96
      @doducduy96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Princes and Kings wealth is a lot more than just pure money. Most of Bezos’s wealth is Amazon’s stock, which could be vanished after 1 night if something terrible happen, same goes with many other richest people. Kings and Princes assets, in the other hands, often are in real estates and other physical properties, not to mention they also have massive authority power and other hidden. Their wealth is much more sustainable and concreted although the amount seems vastly lower than the top 10 richest people.

    • @onceilived5620
      @onceilived5620 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He worked for it, the princes and kings were just born

  • @catsmeow9589
    @catsmeow9589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hahaha TH-cam read in my mind. I was wondering that yesterday and today CNBC post this video.

  • @zacharystotz2350
    @zacharystotz2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video for my FYI. I am a project manager at Detroit Stoker Company and we supply Parts and Service to the Boiler Stokers in all those plants which produce the steam to make those boxes. Man how the world goes round!

  • @kntwing23
    @kntwing23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ups/fedex doesn't take care of your boxes when they deliver to your place..
    1 time i have package inside my box inside is broken.. all things fall out..

  • @aznfolyfez
    @aznfolyfez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    if amazon stops using ridiculously large size boxes for their small items.... then maybe MAYBE their shipping costs wouldnt be so high. just saying amazon

    • @dontsubscribetothischannel8395
      @dontsubscribetothischannel8395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Would you like your new smartphone shipped in a HDTV box?
      [Yes] or [Yes]

    • @marufhassan634
      @marufhassan634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A broken item will cost them more than a larger box

    • @skolarii
      @skolarii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you diversify your product portfolio, manufacturing and operation costs go up

    • @bertlammens4392
      @bertlammens4392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They literally have teams of engineers on these kind of problems for years but I guess they should listen to you instead

    • @houstradamus
      @houstradamus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You are probably a guy without the knowledge for this subject. Products in tight boxes have 2x chances to be broken or damaged fromcthe shipping process. It cost less to use bigger boxes then having to pay for the broken product and another one..

  • @j_ordan
    @j_ordan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a video I never knew I wanted to see but now that I see it I want it.

  • @user-gs8jv4oq6w
    @user-gs8jv4oq6w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating topic, great vid.

  • @sidneyrobinson9186
    @sidneyrobinson9186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly just make sure its enviromentally friendly and recyclable. Tho i do not want to continue cutting down our Canadian forests and replacing them with everygreen trees.

  • @briandreggors5280
    @briandreggors5280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The story of how two brothers - and five other men - parlayed a small business loan into a thriving paper goods concern is a long and interesting one. And here it is...

  • @alber2378
    @alber2378 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done CNBC! Tertiary pckaging is so important during all supply chain process. Thanks!

  • @Bolumka
    @Bolumka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn.. I’ve always wondered!

  • @HopeLeyana
    @HopeLeyana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I clicked on this because I thought they would explain how Amazon always has the perfectly sized box for everything..

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Next, Amazon will ship predictive shipping speeds before you even ordered it.

  • @MaverickVersusEverything
    @MaverickVersusEverything 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    On. Fire. Thank you for helping to boost us - means a lot. --Daddio

  • @flumberful
    @flumberful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    they tricked me into watching a video that is 15 minutes about boxes. Well done... not even mad

  • @serenaz2694
    @serenaz2694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How did I get to a place in my life where I’m watching a 16 min box documentary?

  • @alixluu
    @alixluu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “China certainly doesn’t have trees” ~ oh really now?

    • @mistermood4164
      @mistermood4164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not the type you’d need for paper

  • @frankthetank2122
    @frankthetank2122 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This gives me flashbacks to that one episode when Squidward watches how boxes are made on tv... and it’s on every channel...

  • @zachv7449
    @zachv7449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:29 I thought he was boutta say "death of rick and morty" I cant be alone

  • @teamworkformyfrainds
    @teamworkformyfrainds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My investing research: watch cnbc videos

  • @oscarvictoria3290
    @oscarvictoria3290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Buy your packaging stock while you still can boys!

  • @thakarerupeshsureshrao8585
    @thakarerupeshsureshrao8585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didn’t know that there exists a designation called “Director of customer packaging experience” in a company

  • @ke6gwf
    @ke6gwf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haul a lot of the giant paper rolls out of some of the Georgia Pacific paper mills, as well as some others on the west coast, and deliver it to several GP and Westrock and PCA box plants down throughout California, as well as hauling recycled cardboard bales to the mills, and delivering to Amazon Fulfillment centers, and I am a Prime member, so this video has a lot of familiar sights in it! Lol
    Most of the boxes that I see being produced in California, and this is not surprising, are for food related products, produce, etc, but at least one of plants I regularly go to (westrock in the bay area) has a dedicated Amazon box line.

  • @alexchery44
    @alexchery44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lol I just ordered something 😂💀

  • @johntitor7600
    @johntitor7600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:57 industry consolidation? You mean monopolies!

  • @Chachoshotdogs1
    @Chachoshotdogs1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked on an old corrigator machine in Tampa florida back in the day ..not for everyone.

  • @DucDeLamballe
    @DucDeLamballe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree the boxes are getting more reasonably sized, and smaller. More "custom" sizes too.

  • @ON-YT
    @ON-YT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    No one:
    Literally no one:
    CNBC: box business is up

    • @mevinr72
      @mevinr72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very low effort "joke"

    • @ericp4573
      @ericp4573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s what I’m subscribed for, I work in cardboard plant

  • @XovoRST
    @XovoRST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Some say cardboard boxes provide the best tactical stealth out there.

  • @Blanco_SubieForester
    @Blanco_SubieForester 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m a Ups Driver and from experience these boxes are not the best, they get damage so easy and the tape Amazon uses is the worst! They only put one strip of tape for any box or weight and half of the time I’m re taping it

  • @phaedrabandatlanta
    @phaedrabandatlanta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video about packaging. Don’t forget about all of the tape used in boxes.

  • @jordh24able
    @jordh24able 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lets replace cardboard which is biodegradable with plastic which never degrades! WOO HOO!

  • @zainikram
    @zainikram 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    @10:30 “If millennials are going to be looking at it as an Instagramabble moment” another classic example of out of touch boomers

    • @AnonymousUser77254
      @AnonymousUser77254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      13:40* how can you be that out?

    • @EduardoEscarez
      @EduardoEscarez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AnonymousUser77254 Next: _If they can't eat avocado toast, let them eat corrugated boxes_ 😂😂

  • @flipnotrab
    @flipnotrab 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:48 ALL the years of playing Tetris is paying off!

  • @AlexanderRoseTz
    @AlexanderRoseTz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful graphs!

  • @getlost3094
    @getlost3094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’d like to have enough to sheet mulch my garden area for my organic raised bed plot I have planned.
    Edit: Home Depot hooked me up for half price on moving boxes today! Screw dumpster diving for cardboard. Lol

  • @WeSRT4
    @WeSRT4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Reusable totes would be so much better.

  • @raybin6873
    @raybin6873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cardboard is a very recyclable material. I used to work for a company - SONOCO - that bought and used recycled cardboard. They are primarily in the packaging business - the Pringles can is of their invention...as are many other packaging designs are. They are a very good company to work for.
    👍

  • @georgyd.4372
    @georgyd.4372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These kinds of videos make me feel smart for some reason