| If you have some sheets of paper or a poster to | | | | charges. Coloured postal tubes are now available |
| send through the post without folding it then the | | | | and are made of a lightweight durable plastic. |
| best way is to send them in postal tubes. Postal | | | | Postal tubes are available in A3, A2, A1, B2, B1 to |
| tubes are made of solid board and come in a | | | | cater for a wide range of product sizes. |
| range of different sizes and strengths. | | | | Pine trees are the raw material used in the |
| Manufactured from biodegradable spiral wound | | | | creation of postal tubes. The companies that |
| solid board tube for excellent strength and | | | | make the cardboard usually own the land in which |
| performance. End caps made of plastic are fitted | | | | these trees are grown so they can harvest the |
| to the ends to seal the postal tubes and are | | | | trees and initiate the process of converting the |
| reusable. | | | | trees into kraft paper. There are chemicals that |
| Light postal tubes are ideal for keeping the cost | | | | are used to create a fibrous pulp from the wood |
| of your postage down while still providing | | | | chips of the trees. This is called the sulfate |
| protection for your rolled documents in the post. | | | | process. After the pulp is made, the remaining |
| Medium gauge postal tubes give that bit extra | | | | fibers are then placed into a paper machine that |
| protection you sometimes need but with the | | | | forms them into the large rolls of kraft paper |
| trade off of a heavier postal tube and higher | | | | through a process that presses, dries, and rolls |
| postal costs. | | | | the fibers. This is then turned into new postal |
| Heavy gauge postal tubes give the greatest | | | | tubes. |
| protection but with the highest costs to postal | | | | |