The Postal Inspection Service has recovered more than $30,000 worth of missing mail transportation equipment (MTE) in Atlanta District since last fall, part of a national program to reduce misuse of these materials. MTE includes trays, sacks, pallets and tubs. Misuse of the equipment results in significant financial losses to USPS. More than $10 million…
Ever wonder where plastic flat tubs come from? The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal recently went behind the scenes at a company that has produced millions of tubs for USPS. Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI), a Minneapolis-based nonprofit company, has supplied the Postal Service with more than 90 million tubs and corrugated plastic packages since 1993. The…
(October 2, 2014) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Amid the hustle and bustle on Financial District streets, a different type of neighbor is taking up space. Some walk right by the empty, white mail bins without a second thought. “Half the things in this city I don’t notice,” one passerby said. Others, like Financial District resident…
