Good luck making the selling of individual envelopes commercially viable!
That said, totally agreed there's a gap for bringing the "sharing economy" to things people buy but rarely use (lawn mowers, leaf blowers, pressure washers, etc.)
I needed 1 envelope last month. It was 1 PLN (0.3 USD) at nearest street shop (kiosk). I don't think they lose money on that. I also bought a pen there for another 1 PLN.
They mostly sell cigarettes, newspapers, chewing gum and tickets, but they keep some envelopes, empty DVDs, pens, lighters, etc - it's not going to expire and they have huge markup, so why not?
i definitely run into this problem. i need that _one_ envelope. do i really want to buy 50 to shove the rest into a drawer?