{"id":425,"date":"2023-07-21T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.batterymart.com\/battery-blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:27:36","slug":"how-we-package-your-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.batterymart.com\/battery-blog\/how-we-package-your-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Box: How We Package Batteries for Safe Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We recycle cardboard into a protective weave pattern for our packing materials. This method provides better protection than traditional fillers and helps us reduce waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because batteries are heavy, they can easily crush packing peanuts or pop the plastic air pillows often used in other shipments. 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Every battery we ship is brand new and we want it to look that way when it arrives!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f4e6; <strong>See our shippers hard at work!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Battery Mart   SHREDDED!\" width=\"400\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7QvEEckf1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interested in joining our recycling efforts?<\/strong><br>You can return your old battery to us using the same box it came in! 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