To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. Once the carrier gives me the delivery, that Tyvek envelope - which is nearly indestructible and should be reused scores of times - it is mine to use as I wish, which includes the noblest reuse of this very sturdy material: mailing books at the media rate.Īs I see it, if the reuse of these envelopes is truly a problem, why not simply charge a fee to cover the cost of the envelopes and then discount that back to people who do use them for Express or Priority Mail? The Post Office wouldn’t have to worry about people reusing these bulletproof envelopes, and then enforcement would be easy: If it’s right-side-out, it goes at the printed rate (Express or Priority) if it’s inside-out, it goes first-class or media rate. Once the carrier gives me the delivery, that Tyvek envelope - which is nearly indestructible and should be reused scores of times - it is mine to use as I wish, which includes the noblest reuse of this very sturdy material: mailing books at the media rate.īut my theory is that it is both environmentally unsound and illegitimate for the Post Office to forbid this reuse as the envelope is no longer USPS property once it is delivered to me with proper Priority or Express mail postage - the sender paid the Express or Priority postage. In fact, they have threatened dire consequences if I try to reuse them for media mail.īut my theory is that it is both environmentally unsound and illegitimate for the Post Office to forbid this reuse as the envelope is no longer USPS property once it is delivered to me with proper Priority or Express mail postage - the sender paid the Express or Priority postage. Their concern seems to be that people will grab these envelopes, turn them inside-out, and use them for regular first-class or media rate mailings, which effectively costs the Post Office money.
Postal Service demands that I discard perfectly good, used Tyvek Priority and Express Mail envelopes, and I am tired of it. Postal Service permit a practically indestructible material to be reused?
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