Books

• Send your parcel in a new rigid corrugated cardboard package / box.
• Do not use for your item a box that is too big for the item due to the risk of it crashing from side to side during transportation.
• If hollow spaces are left inside the box, fill them with some kind of filling (for instance, paper, plastic foam or bubble wrap).
• Wrap the corrugated cardboard box with adhesive tape across the whole size at least in three places so that the box does not open and holds the contents.

Glass containers, fragile items

(glass, chinaware, ceramics, stoneware, etc.).

• Send inside a new rigid corrugated cardboard box .
• Isolate fragile items from each other by using cardboard partitions, bubble wrap, plastic foam.
• When sending sculptures, cups, etc., wrap any protruding parts separately (sculpture ends, cup handles, etc.) so that they do not break during transportation. Protective material around the item must make at least 5 cm protective space.
• When sending liquids in glass containers make sure that their lids are protected, i.e., the lids may only be opened by removing the security seal. If appropriate protection is missing, protect container lids additionally (for instance, by wrapping with adhesive tape).
• If hollow spaces are left inside the box, fill them with some kind of filling (for instance, paper, plastic foam or bubble wrap).
• When sending ceramic, stone or glass items (for instance, washers, mirrors, etc.), present them on a pallet of appropriate size (quarter-size, half-size, etc.) so that the item does not protrude from the pallet and is not damaged.

Paint

• Send in a new rigid corrugated cardboard box.
• Make sure that their container lids are protected, i.e., the lids may only be opened by removing the security seal. If appropriate protection is missing, protect container lids additionally (for instance, by wrapping with an adhesive tape).
• Put paint (as well as fillers, hardeners, etc.) that may open from side pressure into separate plastic bags, protecting other items in the package in case of leakage.
• If hollow spaces are left inside the box, fill them with some kind of filling (for instance, paper, plastic foam or bubble wrap).
• Wrap the corrugated cardboard box with adhesive tape across the whole size at least in three places, so that the box does not open and holds the contents.
• Adhere the note “PAINT” on the side where the top of the container with lids is additionally next to the label.

Tyres

• Send wrapped in a one-piece cardboard sheet or with shrink wrap film.
• Adhere the parcel sticker on an even (flat) surface so that the sticker does not detach and fall off during transportation or sorting.

Animal feed

• Send in a new rigid corrugated cardboard box that will withstand the weight of the goods.
• Wrap the corrugated cardboard box with adhesive tape across the whole size at least in three places, so that the box does not open and holds the contents.
• If such parcels are sent on a pallet, remember to put a cardboard sheet on the pallet bottom and protect the goods’ edges with cardboard corners.

Framed pictures, photos, canvases

• Surround / wrap them in thick cardboard, polystyrene or bubble wrap layer.
• Send in a new rigid corrugated cardboard box.

*High-value artworks are not carried.

Maps, posters, drawings

• Roll them.
• Send in a new corrugated cardboard or plastic tube.

Large domestic appliances

• Protect the top and the bottom of the parcel with cardboard constructions and protect the sides with a thick layer of plastic foam.
• Present such items on a pallet the base of which is bigger than the base of the item being sent (i.e., make sure that the item does not protrude from the pallet due to the risk of damage to the protruding parts during transportation or sorting).
• Use pallets of an appropriate size for heavy but smaller packages (quarter-size, half-size).
• Use a sufficient amount of shrink film / adhesive tape.

Electronic devices

(telephones, laptops, tablets, etc.)

• Manufacture / trade packaging is not suitable for transportation, so it is necessary to choose transportation packaging for protection: a new rigid corrugated cardboard box.
• If hollow spaces are left inside the box, fill them with some kind of filling (for instance, paper, plastic foam or bubble wrap).

Mattresses

• Roll the mattress into a roll.
• Send in a new corrugated cardboard box.
• Do not use a box that is too big for your item(-s) due to the risk of being pressed during transportation.
• If hollow spaces are left inside the box, fill them with some kind of filling (for instance, paper, plastic foam or bubble wrap).
• Wrap the corrugated cardboard box with adhesive tape across the whole size at least in three places, so that the box does not open and holds the contents.