I purchased a brand new Linksys USB Wireless-G Adapter from Amazon.com recently. The seller mailed it in a box that just fit, with no extra paper or bubble-wrap. That was good. Unfortunately, the Linksys packaging itself was needlessly wasteful. Linksys favors a layered approach, using double-boxes.
As you can see from the picture, the actual USB adapter is smaller than the starter CD. Linksys also includes a USB cord and three pages of instructions and warnings. Everything could have fit in one small box.
Instead, the Linksys box is bigger than the product, its accessories, and guides. When I opened the box, I found another inner box. The inner box is the same size as the outer box, serving no purpose. The CD and instructions are even further contained in a completely unnecessary envelope, even though the CD is in a paper sleeve. Below are the Linksys box, the extra box, and the envelope.
Linksys could have put all the contents in one small box, without an envelope for the CD and instructions. Except for the “getting started” guide, the instructions themselves could have been part of the CD demo, saving extra paper. Right now, Linksys is filling up my recycle bin.
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