Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/more_hp_packaging/
HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record
Still destroying the planet, one big box at a time
Posted in Bootnotes, 21st November 2008 09:58 GMT
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Those of you who don't like trees very much will appreciate HP's continuing efforts to deforest the planet by using the maximum cardboard possible [1] when dispatching items to expectant customers. Here's a big box the company recently delivered to loyal Reg reader Simon Lucas, who's based in Tokyo:
The pen is, Simon explains, to give some idea of scale. Now, here's what the box contained:
Yup, that's a solitary DIMM. Simon notes: "I was thinking of returning a faulty hard disk too, but if this is indicative of the contents-to-packaging ratio, I don't think the doors to the office will be wide enough to accommodate the replacement parcel."
A fair point. It's also possible the überparcel containing the hard disk might be strapped to a pallet [2] for good measure. ®