Aboxalypse now The Register excessive packaging monitoring sub-committee is obliged to Jay Coleman who earlier this week sent photographic evidence of how US firm CDW has made its pitch for the "Opteron overkill" crown in the "chip-in-big-box" category of cardboard outrages against Mother Earth:

Aboxalypse Now regulars will, of course, recall the HP lone DIMM scandal (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/more_hp_packaging/), one of a series of shockers which began when we received proof (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/hp_packaging/) of the company's commitment to destroy the planet.

Concerned readers are, of course, cordially invited to email me pics of further environmental catastrophes, right here (mailto:lester.haines@theregister.co.uk). Snaps of solitary Flash memory cards enshrouded in bubblewrap and placed in a crate so large it has to be winched down to the customer from a helicopter are particularly welcome. ®

Aboxalypse now

• Dell battles HP to trash Mother Earth (12 December 2008)

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/12/dell_packaging/

• HP boxes Mother Earth into submission (5 December 2008)

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/yet_more_hp_packaging/

• HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record (21 November 2008)

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/more_hp_packaging/

• HP packaging madness continues apace (23 July 2008)

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/enormouse/

• HP shatters excessive packaging world record (18 July 2008)

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/hp_packaging/