Fallout 76 junk items

===Bulk===
Raw materials can be turned into bulk versions at a [[Tinker's workbench]]. This costs a set number of the involved raw material to be bulked, plus two plastic to wrap it. There are only two materials that will reduce the weight of a junk item in your inventory or stash when compared to their non bulked counterpart. These two are aluminum, which will reduce the overall weight by 0.5, and Lead, which will reduce the overall weight by 1. Plastic technically experiences a weight reduction, but 2 of the 12 are consumed in the crafting recipe, leaving you with 10 plastic, which weigh the same unbulked. 

It may appear when creating bulk items that you are saving space in your stash with each item, but that is because of the two plastic it costs to create each bulk item, giving you a gain of 0.1 weight with each bulk item, because they are consuming plastic. 

Another advantage to creating bulk versions is the in-game robot merchants will buy bulk items but not individual raw materials. The disadvantage is the need for plastic which can be used up quickly if a large number of items are being bulked.