Green Your Moving Boxes with EcoBox.com
Moving can be an enormous hassle. You spend days packing, organizing, lifting, hauling, agonizing over broken objects, and at the end are left with a sore back and a mountain of waste. The tower of cardboard, bubble wrap, and packing tape lying around after a move is enough to break the spirit of any devoted greenie.
Well, an Austin-based company thinks they can help. No, they haven't invented teleportation machines to whisk your household items swiftly from one location to another. But EcoBox has figured out how to green your moving boxes.
EcoBox.com collects used moving boxes. In fact, if you live in the Austin area, they will pay you 20% of the original cost for them, and they will come pick them up at your home. Want a bunch of used boxes for your move? Ecobox.com will ship them out to you quickly.
The company also sells shipping supplies including used shipping boxes, biodegradable bubble wrap, and biodegradable packing peanuts. They even have a moving kit that contains everything you need for your move.
I was a little disappointed to find that they also sell regular packing peanuts and other plastic-based products, but since they heavily promote the eco-friendlier alternatives, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Might be worth a try, especially if you live in Texas.
Great company, great concept! There should be more companies out there like this.... and THERE ARE :).
I'm a big fan of local companies and the great services they provide. But what abou the rest of the country?
UsedCardboardBoxes.com is the nation's leader in providing low-cost, earth-friendly used cardboard boxes. That is ALL WE DO! We provide FREE shipping in 1-2 business days to any address in the continental US. Whether you are in New York City or San Diego, we'll ship quality used boxes to your door. Whether you are moving a college dorm room or a 6 bedroom house, shipping is.... wait for it.... FREE.
We are letting the U-Hauls and the Public Storages of the world know that "you don't have to cut down a tree, to make a USED cardboard box". We are a venture-funded company that is growing fast. We have taken a very high-tech, sophisticated approach to the used cardboard box industry and we GUARANTEE SATISFACTION!
Try us. You'll like us:
www.UsedCardboardBoxes.com
1-888-BOXES-88
Thanks for your ears,
Marty
Posted by: Marty Metro | March 11, 2008 at 08:31 AM
I recently had a friend move to the Austin are area. She didn't know what to do with her boxes and so she did some research. She found this great company that took her boxes back so she didn't have to throw them away. She was so thrilled.
As we began talking, she told me that she spent over $600 in boxes alone for her move. That is INSANE!!!
Now that I am getting ready to move from Seattle, I have been doing a little research on my own. That is how I came to this site. Oddly enough, right before I came here I found UsedCardboardBoxes.com.
I had heard the name before from a few of my friends but I wasn't quite sure what they do. But I found out they ship USED boxes all over the country. This is fan freaking tastic because that means I don't have to go to a market or Starbucks to find boxes.
Used boxes is such a great idea. Kudos to you both. But if you can't make it to the store in Austin, UsedCardboardBoxes.com is the way to go.
Posted by: Jennifer Berry | March 11, 2008 at 09:32 AM
In the San Francisco Bay Area, you can call Bay Area Box Express http://www.bayareaboxexpress.com/index.html Warren is awesome and only sells used boxes. Check out the web site. I've moved a bunch of times and used his boxes each time. And he'll come pick them up if you don't want to keep them after your move.
Posted by: Beth aka Fake Plastic Fish | March 12, 2008 at 02:00 AM
I've tried UsedCardboardBoxes.com too and they were everything they said they were. The boxes were in great shape, they arrived in just one day, and their sales rep was really helpful! And to top it off, shipping was free!! It made me feel good to not only get a great deal on boxes but it's a plus that they recycle. What an expensive waste to buy new. I know they ship anywhere in the US.
Posted by: Warren | March 12, 2008 at 04:32 PM
Here's my 2 cents on the topic... why cut down a tree to make box that ultimately ends up in the landfill.. when you can rent a green box as low as 1 dollar per week- that's 15 cents a day.. .wow!
Spence
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