Resources
Everything we know, written down and free.
- Reference pages
- 16 and counting
- Paywall
- None, ever
- Written by
- Graders and buyers
Ask for something we have not written
Requests for new guides genuinely do get written. Tell us what you could not find.
Start here
Four things most people need first.
- What does it cost? Honest price bands for every product family, updated as the market moves.
- What size do I need? Twenty-two footprints with cube, payload and pallet fit.
- What grade do I need? Five rungs with published reject criteria.
- What is this word? Ninety terms from bale to butt joint.
What boxes cost
Price bands for every product family, what moves them, and what we pay when buying rather than selling.
Pricing
OpenGaylord size chart
Twenty-two footprints with cube, cubic yards, gallons, payload, stack height and pallet fit.
Reference
OpenGrades 1A – 5A
The published ladder, with condition, best use, price band and automatic reject criteria for each rung.
Reference
OpenPackaging glossary
Ninety terms defined in plain language, from bale and butt joint to Mullen and octabin.
Reference
OpenArticles & field notes
Longer pieces on cost comparison, grade selection, recycling, loading and running a waste audit.
Reading
OpenFAQ
Forty-three straight answers, grouped by topic, covering everything customers ask before a first order.
Answers
OpenSpec guides
Measuring, stacking ratings, pallet compatibility, moisture control and octabin versus gaylord.
Guides
OpenCapacity calculator
Cube, loaded weight, fill limits and trailer counts for any box size and material density.
Tool
OpenThe reuse math
Every factor and assumption behind our impact figures, published so it can be argued with.
Methodology
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Why we publish all of it
An informed buyer is a cheaper customer to serve.
Every hour spent explaining edge crush on an email thread is an hour not spent grading boxes. Writing it once, properly, is simply better business — and it happens to be the honest thing to do.
Reading paths
Four routes through the library, by what you are trying to do.
There are a hundred pages here. These are the sequences that actually answer a question rather than leaving you browsing.
- 01
I want to start buying used boxes
Price bands → the size chart → the grade ladder → how to buy the right grade → buy used gaylords. About twenty minutes, and it covers every decision on a first order.
- 02
I have empties and do not know what they are worth
Run a packaging waste audit → what a compactor actually costs → sell us your boxes → how we set a buying price. Five days of light effort and a number at the end.
- 03
My boxes keep failing and I do not know why
The bottom edge is where boxes die → pallet compatibility → stacking and load ratings → liners and moisture. In that order; the causes are usually cumulative.
- 04
I need packaging data for a sustainability report
Circularity and impact → the reuse math → diversion data for ESG teams → Scope 3 and the packaging line nobody measures. Everything is free and auditable.
What is here
The whole library, counted.
Nothing behind a form, no email capture, no gated PDFs. If we have written it, it is a page you can link to.
| Type | Count | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Product pages | 9 | Catalogue, with specs and applications |
| Service pages | 9 | How each one actually works |
| Industry pages | 7 | Sector-specific specs and mistakes |
| Spec guides | 5 | Measuring, stacking, pallets, moisture, octabins |
| Field notes | 5 | Long-form on cost, grades, recycling, loading, audits |
| Journal posts | 40 | Everything else, written between loads |
| Reference tools | 3 | Size chart, capacity calculator, reuse ledger |
| FAQ answers | 43 | Grouped by topic |
| Glossary terms | 58 | Plain-language definitions |
| Company pages | 7 | History, facility, people, careers, circularity |
Something missing from the library?
Tell us what you looked for and could not find. Several pages here exist because a customer asked a question we could not answer with a link.