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flattened forests doing the heavy lifting while shipping cushions take all the credit.
means A stiff, thick paper-based material made from layers of pulped wood fiber, used for boxes, packaging, and signs.
from A plain compound of "card" plus "board." "Card" comes through French "carte" from Latin "charta" (a leaf of papyrus, a sheet of paper), itself borrowed from Greek "khartēs." "Board" is the old Germanic word for a plank or flat slab — so cardboard is literally "a board made of card," a sheet of paper stiffened until it behaves like wood, which is fitting since that's roughly what it's made from. The word emerges in English in the 19th century, as mass-produced paper goods made a name for the stuff useful.
- recycle king
- recycled up to seven times before fibers give out
- corrugated trick
- the wavy middle layer gives it crushing strength
- invented for hats
- first commercial use was stiffening Victorian top hats
- amazon's appetite
- deliveries consume billions of boxes every year
- cat magnet
- its insulation and snugness explain feline obsession
corrugated fiberboard patent — invented by albert jones in 1856, became the standard packaging material for fragile goods worldwide
amazon cardboard box — the iconic brown amazon-branded box used for millions of daily deliveries since 1994, now a symbol of e-commerce