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I think this is even better than the cornstarch-based peanuts, although I doubt these taste as good ;-)

Is there a larger picture of the machine, or of the final post-slit paper?

I'd love to see a more detailed view

I'm proud of C&B for switching to more eco-friendly shipping products, but alas, since the switch was made, I've recieved two packages with broken items. They were extremely helpful and quick it replacing the items though, even overnighting them.

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Are they still using this stuff? It may be eco-friendly, but it's basically an instrument of torture by paper cuts.

I thought C&B had been using this for years. When I got married three years ago, all of our C&B stuff came packed this way.

I agree with Anne in Chicago - it was pretty torturesome to unpack, esp. when it was all unrolled from the product and then I had to jam it in a ball and find a trashcan large enough to hold the mass.

I think this stuff is great! But phoneill is right, they've been using this for years.

urban outfitters uses the same... perhaps a bit too much of it, but better safe than sorry, i guess.

Our stuff from our CB wedding registry came in this stuff last summer and it's great. We're moving now and I saved it all to re-wrap everything.

I worked at C&B a couple of years ago and they were using this stuff. The machine is REALLY fun to use for preparing shipments, but the above comments are right on, the thing is like a thousand tiny knives cutting at your fingers :)

"What in the hell does this have to do with homes?" ?? I don't understand that title. Did you mean to write it? just curious.

I guess the "Orly" lamp is no more at the C&B. You must have received one of the last ones-

I dont get it. Isnt every package fully recyclable if you reuse it? Or are you saying this material is made from post consumer paper?

For those pointing out that Crate and Barrel's been using this packaging for years, keep in mind that this is a repost from 2004.
To the editors, why the repost? And I second Becky.

CM Harrington: Corn-starch based peanuts have some chemicals in them that you don't want to eat. I hope you haven't been eating them.

Weird....usually I think the reposts make sense but this one's a little strange, no?

I'm with Sasha--we received a billion yards of this stuff wrapped around wedding gifts last year; I just used it all for another move (and it kept everything super safe, plus I didn't have to tape each thing shut, like you do with bubble wrap), and I just gave two garbage bags of it to my mother-in-law, who is moving in a month or two. It is very stabby, but it's also a lot faster and easier to pack with than bubble wrap.

Think of reposts as summer reruns.

But, um, this stuff is only eco-friendly if you RECYCLE the paper. Or, of course reuse it for packing.

But it sooo does not pose any paper-cut threat.

CB was using this at least 3 years ago when we were getting our wedding gifts. Great stuff. We received wine glasses, a decanter, all our plates and other drink glasses. Every single one of them were intact. Because I'm an artist, I saved a lot of it thinking I'd do something with it. In fact I think a sculptor in the Oregon Bienniel used a bit of it in one of her assemblages.

p(too), it is sooo painful. I ordered some Picardie glasses from C&B - by the way, these are the best things ever for decluttering, as they replaced all my glassware, coffee mugs and teacups - and having to unwrap a few dozen glasses that had been mummified in this stuff was not fun. Especially since the point of Picardie is that they're virtually unbreakable, I was cursing the C&B packers.

Remember when all the packaging peanuts were going to be replaced with popcorn? It was compostable or you could just feed it to the birds. What ever happened to that idea?

@ phoneill - why did you go to such great lengths to stuff such a clearly recyclable product into the trash?

@ Trumystique - good point. But maybe this stuff excels in situations where people don't have the space/aren't willing to save packing peanuts for another time when they could be re-used? that's what I figure must be the thinking behind it?

The title is strange, but I wasn't an AT reader in 2004 so I'm glad it was reposted :) I had never heard of this stuff personally!