Make the Right “Move” for the Environment
I found this site and immediately thought of my boss and all the other people on the move. My boss just bought his first house and what do people that are moving almost always need? BOXES. I found a site called UsedCardboardBoxes.com that carries earth-friendly, quality used boxes for packing, moving, shipping and storage.
The unique aspect of this site is the moving kits. You can choose how many bedrooms/offices you will be moving, enter your zip code and they will tell you what is available. Since I am moving next year to who knows where, I tested it out. The smallest kit is the “Average Joe” which comes with 17 boxes. This package includes Medium boxes, Large boxes, X-Large boxes, 1 roll of packing tape, 3 pounds of packing paper, 1 permanent marker and 1 retractable blade box cutter. All that for $38.00!!! And if that isn’t good enough…the shipping is FREE. The same package at U-Haul would be $51.00 and $58.00 at BoxBros. Not including shipping of course.
You might be wondering where they get all these quality used boxes from? Well they contact large companies that come in contact with boxes that they recycle or simply throw them away. Want to know another way you can help? According to the site, if you are a business that collects at least 1,000 of the same size quality used boxes on a monthly basis, they can often purchase your boxes at a higher rate than your existing recycler. They have a form that you would fill out based on your company’s information and the owners of UsedCardboardBoxes would get back to you to let you know if you qualify and how much they would pay you for boxes you might otherwise just get rid of.
As with all of my posts so far, UsedCardboardBoxes is cheaper and recycled as opposed to the more recognized names of Uhaul and BoxBros.
Hey, thanks for the very positive note on us! We all are ecstatic about the positive word out there about us. Here at UsedCardboardBoxes.com, our mantra is to help people and the environment in one fell swoop in a way that really is easier than other options. Thanks again for the kind words, it’s things like this that let us know what we’re doing is worthwhile and appreciated.
Best regards,
David
I used usedcardboardboxes.com for my move last year. Very cool company that does exactly what they say they do! I’m glad they are still around! We ordered in Los Angeles and I could not believe it, but the boxes arrived the next day, and they don’t charge for shipping. I looked into the other companies that rent plastic boxes, but you have to schedule a time for them to come and deliver, then to have them come back and pick them up, etc. I like using boxes. It was a breeze. Great company. I wish I had thought of it!