\nSpecial to the Gazette<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
That\u2019s why the Postal Service is asking customers to return all trays, flat tubs, and pallets, including pressed wood, slat wood, and plastic to their nearest Post Office or processing plant.<\/p>\n Replacing missing or misused equipment hurts the Postal Service\u2019s bottom line.\u00a0 Companies are asked to order their own hampers and equipment to use for storage.<\/p>\n Southwest Florida is short of postal containers; these are needed in order to be ready for the Holiday. Please look around for any containers you are not using and send back to the Post Office that serves you.<\/p>\n USPS encourages customers to report equipment that\u2019s being misused, stored unnecessarily or located outside the postal network. Send leads and tips to HQMTE@usps.gov<\/em><\/a> or call the hotline at 866-330-3404.\u00a0 New tubs have the hotline number and email address on the equipment to report misuse. The change was made to encourage the return of flat tubs to post offices and to advise customers that its equipment is not available for private use.<\/p>\n And, please . . . if you happen to have one or more of the equipment items, either give them to your mail carrier or return them to your local Post Office.<\/p>\n Follow the Postal Service on www.twitter.com\/USPS<\/a> and at www.facebook.com\/USPS<\/a><\/p>\n Mr. Zip\u2019s Tip: <\/strong>The U.S. Postal Service is the core of the trillion dollar mailing industry that employs more than 8 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service Special to the Gazette The U.S. Postal Service needs to have its equipment returned!\u00a0 Equipment that is being used nationwide for… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tub.jpg\" "\\"tub\\"")
<\/a>The U.S. Postal Service needs to have its equipment returned!\u00a0 Equipment that is being used nationwide for non-postal purposes costs USPS millions of dollars to replace\u2014more than $120 million this year alone.\u00a0 The cost of flat tubs and pallets run from $4 to $20 each.<\/p>\n