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The internet has changed the way we shop forever. Books, beers, electronics, toys, makeup or furniture: thanks to smartphones and e-commerce, you can buy virtually anything you want, from anywhere in the world, and have it delivered to your doorstep.
In the excitement of the packages arriving at our homes from Amazon, Alibaba or eBay, we give little thought to one of the most significant but humble enablers of internet commerce: the brown box that so many of these products arrive in.