CARDBOARD BOXES

The cardboard box is a wonderful invention. By itself, it is very light and easily portable; but when it's opened out, the flaps fitted under each other, and sticky tape applied to the joints, it is surprisingly sturdy. And the rectangular shape makes it ideal for putting them on pallets and fitting them into containers.

I have had a lot of experience of all the above during the past couple of days. The old seats from the local cinema had to be dismantled into their component pieces, packed in cardboard boxes, put on pallets, shrink-wrapped and sent somewhere else in the world. I am not sure who would want them, but apparently someone does.

Walter Blotscher