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How to put those Amazon boxes to good use after Christmas

Amazon and other retailers have teamed up with Goodwill for a donation program

Packages are stored at the Amazon electronic commerce company's logistics center in San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid, on the eve of 'Black Friday', on November 24, 2016.
Packages are stored at the Amazon electronic commerce company's logistics center in San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid, on the eve of 'Black Friday', on November 24, 2016.
GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images

I think most of us can agree that the holidays in this modern era involve a lot of cardboard boxes. Right? My recycle bin is already full of Amazon boxes.

Okay, so here’s how to get rid of those boxes AND do a good thing:

This year Amazon is participating in a Goodwill program called the Give Back Box.

You pack up the stuff you want to donate in an Amazon box, print out a shipping label for free and take it to the post office to send it to Goodwill as a donation.

The program includes other retailers like REI and Overstock . But having Amazon on board, well, that’s a recycling program I can definitely get behind.

Let the donations roll in!

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