I did find one spot -- Utah Box Rental in Salt Lake City -- that rents 20 boxes for a week for $35, or 100 for $148, which is even slightly less than U-Haul's cheapest $1.50 rate.

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“Cardboard feels simple, yet special,” he said. “Everyone’s had a cardboard box in their hands. Now, I wanted that same box to have a new purpose — to support us.” ...

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Cardboard has some give, so it provides a little padding for the things inside the box. When a box gets crushed, it tends to stay together rather than shattering like wood.

It’s a reminder that the incredible rise of e-commerce has come encased in a cardboard box, plus a lot of filler to protect items on the way there. But it won’t always be that way.

The answer is a lesson in three objects. If you want to unpack our anxiety about cardboard, the object to start with is not an Amazon box, but a tampon.