When you are preparing to move, fitting your life into a limited number of cardboard boxes can seem daunting and exhausting. As a result, environmental considerations are often an afterthought as you strive to pack with ease and efficiency. Being environmentally conscious while packing up your belongings can be synonymous with a less stressful move.
Cardboard boxes cost a great deal. Not just in the purchase price, but also in the numbers you need to complete your move and the risk to your property should the boxes be damaged. There is also the cost of manpower needed to move so many boxes, injuries from heavy lifting, as well as the disposal of the boxes once your move is complete.
How about eliminating cardboard boxes all together? Some companies, such as Green Your Move, will deliver reusable, strong, eco-friendly crates for you to pack your belongings in, and then pick them up from your new home or business when you are done unpacking.
Green Your Move’s reusable plastic crates are ready to pack (no taping or folding), stackable, strong (crush-proof, water-proof), clean, significantly less expensive and more environmentally friendly for residential or commercial moves than traditional cardboard boxes
In a time when cardboard packaging material accounts for one third of landfill waste, using reusable plastic crates for your move is not only saving you time and money, it also amounts to significant energy and resource savings. Compared to corrugated cardboard boxes, reusable plastic containers:
- Require 39 percent less total energy to produce.
- Produce 95 percent less total solid waste.
- Generate 29 percent less total greenhouse gas emissions.
Using reusable crates reduces the number crates and the number of truckloads necessary for your move, the number of trucks on the road and the amount of fuel burned – resulting in lower overall costs to you and carbon emissions for your move.
For every crate produced, ten trees are preserved and less waste is produced, making Green Your Move a sustainable alternative to cardboard boxes. With an average lifespan of up to 400 uses, reusable plastic crates dramatically reduce the amount of carbon contributed to the atmosphere, as compared to that of single-use corrugated cardboard boxes. How? When you use crates, you conserve resources by taking advantage of existing products. Because crates are reusable, more do not have to be produced to meet demand. The same can’t be said for cardboard.
Easy to pack, strong, clean, reusable, and less expensive than cardboard boxes – reusable crates are a smart choice for a greener move.
