BOXES: Reused and recycled cardboard must be part of your lifestyle.
“Each year, over 40 million Americans undertake the
rigor of moving, whether across the city, the state or the country.
If half of those people reused their moving boxes, either by
repacking them, giving them to friends, family or selling them to a
company such as
www.RecycleUsedBoxes.com,
no fewer than 200,000 trees and almost 300 million gallons of water
could be saved. If only a quarter of them reused their moving boxes,
over 100,000 trees and almost 150 million gallons of water could be
saved.”
www.RecycleUsedBoxes.com
is a retailer of boxes, and moving supplies. They offer new
boxes composed of 70% post-consumer recycled materials. To keep
your belongings safe the company also offers biodegradable bubble
wrap from Bio Bubble (starts decomposing into oxygen, water and food
for microbes as soon as left outdoors in the elements),
biodegradable starch peanuts which are also 100% biodegrable, and
bleached recycled newspaper which is 100% recyclable.
But wait, not only can you buy your packing supplies from EcoBox, but they will also pick them up from you when you are done moving. Oh and there’s more…www.RecycleUsedBoxes.com sometimes pays YOU to let them pick them up – This is not a charity! It is bulky so the handlying costs are significant . Yes, the company actually picks up your old boxes, sometimes writes you a check, and then brings them back to their facility, and reuses them.
Homeowners can sell back both boxes and bubble wrap. www.RecycleUsedBoxes.com actually has a greater demand for the used boxes than they can supply. “90% of the customers don’t care if the boxes are used.”
How does www.ReycleUsedBoxes.com differ from the local new box store? Well aside from the business of taking back the products for reuse and recycle which is better for our environment, are more price competitive (e.g. 1/2 the price of new boxes or less . Further, you won’t have to stand inline behind two others renting trucks and filling out paperwork, just to buy your packing supplies.
GetWithGreen.com thinks that we will be seeing more of these types of storefronts in the future. We will let you know when we find one in your area. If you know of one, please tell our readers now — so that we can slow the production of boxes, cutting of trees, and reuse a box that is still good!
- Save Your Money, Save Our Environment, Recycle Moving Boxes!
