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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 05 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Jonnyboy wrote: |
Oh, and they are frankly bugger all use at protection, as proved by the smashed dishwasher I returned. |
Expanded polystyrene doesn't guarantee protection... but neither is it useless...
Many "white goods" are put in a frame of polystyrene perhaps an inch thick. That serves to space the items in storage, protect the corners, and maybe felp to protect the external finish from scratches - but I'd agree that it would take much more to protect a 30kg dishwasher, let alone a 100kg washer/dryer, if it were dropped off the back of a lorry.
Blame the clowns that played football with it, not the packaging.
Or what thickness of polystyrene do you think should be used? And left for you to dispose of environmentally sensitively?
Or have you an alternative that is proof against a "sufficiently talented fool"?
I was actually thinking more of fragile, light and high value electronic items - from laptops to dvd recorders - where quite small amounts of shaped polystyrene *inside* a recyclable cardboard box, seems to provide remarkable protection from the worst that delivery services can offer. |
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