Green Moving Tips and Packing Tips
All cardboard boxes are technically folding boxes. They are cut from big sheets with a die and folded with flaps that close on the bottom and top. The boxes that usually have lids are called file boxes. These boxes have folding flaps for the bottom and a separate folding top for easy access to file folders.
Most relocation companies have their own boxes that they charge you an arm and a leg for. If you want to go green and save green, buy used boxes in advance and pack your own stuff with low-cost, earth-friendly moving boxes.
You can also contact your relocation company and ask them if they buy used boxes or if they'd be willing to start.
We buy and sell used boxes wholesale. If you need wholesale boxes, just click here.
In order to give you great deals and still be profitable, we buy and sell at a minimum quantity of 1,000 boxes. This ensures that prepacked pallets don't have to be broken into small amounts where the freight will cost more than the product.
If your a company that can take in a 1,000 boxes at a time, or have...
We sell boxes for shipping in stacks of 12-20 as well as in wholesale quantities with a minimum order of 1,000.
If you're a big or small business and you ship products regularly, you'll definitely want to go green buy purchasing used boxes. They're like-new, they've just been used once previously so there'll be some printing and labels and trimmed tape. If you don't mind these first-use remnants, then you're ready to save lots of money and lots of trees with our used boxes for...
If you have more time than money and want to hunt down free boxes, there are two great resources: Craigslist.org and FreeCardboardBoxes.com, those are the best places on the web to find free moving boxes.
Just make sure to thoroughly inspect the boxes to make sure there they're not soiled or damaged!
We don't currently sell wardrobe boxes, but that doesn't mean you can't still go green when you get them!
Try to find used wardrobe boxes at Craigslist.org and FreeCardboardBoxes.com before you buy new!
Because we re-sell used boxes, we don't manufacture custom packaging solutions, however if you have specific box needs we can find you matching used boxes based on your dimensions. Our minimum wholesale order is 1,000 boxes.
If you need custom boxes and none of our national inventory makes a good match, we recommend going green by ordering 100% recycled material.
There are many custom packaging manufacturers throughout the U.S., several of them are listed...
The best people to ask for moving help are your friends. They're the most likely to do you the favor, it's practically written into the unwritten code of friendship...
But if they're not available the next best place is Craigslist.org. There you can post an add looking for the number of helpers you need, when, for how long, and how much you're willing to pay.
There are now several options when it comes to moving containers. On the small scale you have cardboard boxes, plastic totes with interlocking lids, Rubbermaid bins with a separate snap-on lid, milk crates, and more. On large scale there are moving trucks, moving vans, PODs, and more.
No matter what type of storage containers you use (big and small) the best way to go green that applies to all of them is to really purge as much of the stuff that you...
Storage rental facilities are starting to go green! Check out Go Green Self Storage in Colorado!
It would be so easy for storage facilities to follow this example and install solar panels across their whole facilities. With all the lighting, all the security, alarms, etc. these facilities have to be sucking a lot of juice.
If you're going to hire a professional mover, there are now many green options where the movers use biodiesel vans.
If you're going to rent your own gasoline moving van. There are several ways you can green your move:
-Drive at night when there's less traffic
-Spend extra time making sure you can get as much as possible packed in few trips
-Since you're going to take your family vehicles to your new home or office anyway, be sure to factor in their space for...
Cartons are another word for cardboard boxes, though not all cartons use corrugated cardboard (the zig-zagging inner core between two paperboard walls).
We don't sell file boxes at this time, however our medium boxes will work for books and papers if packed properly.
We recommend searching for free file boxes at Craigslist.org and FreeCardboardBoxes.com.
There are different types of boxes from milk cartons, to cereal boxes. What distinguishes moving and shipping boxes is their use of corrugation. That's the zig-zagging core within the cardboard walls.
This technology provides extra sturdiness and shock absorption and has risen to dominance as the most efficient and reliable way to ship and pack items.
When buying packing peanuts, go green by purchasing starch-based ones. They're biodegradable and require far less negative environmental impact to create then styrofoam.
When you receive packing peanuts, always try to save them for the future. At some point you'll need packaging materials so maintain a collection so you won't need to buy them later.
You can even leave a note to the recipient stating, "Please continue to re-use these peanuts!"
All of our moving kits and stacks of boxes come with packing tape.
We recommend just using two strips of tape per box so you conserve the tape. Often people will use more tape then is needed to secure a box.
If you've ordered a moving kit that contains a tape dispenser, you can you watch a video tutorial on how to load and use the dispenser here.
Most packaging...
An excellent moving checklist spanning steps to take spanning two months before moving day can be found here.
Using a checklist for moving can prevent minor and major headaches, and provide a sense of ease and confidence that comes with knowing you're executing against a plan.
There is so much stress and chaos surrounding a move. From losing things, to breaking things, to...
We don't sell shipping supplies separately as they're included in our moving kits.
When you need shipping supplies we always recommend finding sources of used or recycled material for free. These can be found around the home, workplace, campus, etc.
Old newspapers are great packing materials, as well as cut pieces of cardboard used to create padding within your shipping box.
When using packing tape, have faith in the ingenious design of a cardboard box, it doesn't...
Thanks to the rising green consumer movement, there are now plastic alternatives to cardboard boxes for moving.
Depending on your location, you may be able to find companies that will rent plastic boxes for your move. Just make sure you plan the timing well because if you don't unpack within the rental period you may be charged again.
You may want to do a hybrid move whereby you order boxes for items that you intend to store, or unpack later, and rent plastic boxes for the...
Cardboard boxes were first developed and put into use in the late 1800s. Since then they've become one of the most ubiquitous manufactured items in all of the industrialized world.
The majority of the items that surround us were at one point shipped in a cardboard box.
The need for cardboard boxes is huge and the demand on forests worldwide to provide the wood fibers used in cardboard box manufacturing is always increasing. However, by purchasing used cardboard boxes, you're...
Our moving kits contain the following moving supplies:
-Box Cutters
-Markers
-Packing Paper
-Tape Dispenser (not all kits)
If you don't need moving supplies such as these, you may want to consider simply ordering our stacks of boxes which contain only boxes and a rolls of tape.
We always encourage creative ways to substitute moving supplies such as bubble wrap with other reused/repurposed materials. For example, rather than buying bubble wrap, you can...
The boxes we sell are high-quality, gently-used shipping boxes. We don't sell boxes that have been used by families for moving. The boxes are used in commercial manufacturing operations where they're kept clean and dry. Most of them have been used for transporting product parts from one factory to another.
They go from being on a pallet of new flattened boxes, to being on a pallet of packed shipping boxes, to being flattened again and placed on a pallet.
If you're going to hire a professional mover, there are now many green options where the movers use biodiesel trucks. GoGreenMoving.com for example offers this service. You can learn about how biodiesel works at their website.
If you're going to rent your own gasoline moving truck. There are several ways you can green your move:
-Drive at night when there's less traffic
-Spend extra time...
When packing, moving, shipping, and storage items in boxes, you'll always need to secure the item with some kind of shock absorbent material. Bubble wrap is expensive and takes up a lot of space. If you spend a little time cutting segments of used cardboard, you can make spring loaded zig-zagging inserts that will keep your items from moving and maintain pressure to keep your item safely in place. Also, you won't need to fill all the empty space in the box, so you'll be using less.
Greening your gift boxes can go both ways. When you receive a gift, by simply saving and reusing the box you're helping to reduce demand for new boxes to be made and thus saving trees. When give a gift, rather than buying a new box to package the gift, look for a suitable used box from the recycling bin at your home, apartment complex, work, school, etc. Just the other day I met someone who said he's been adding to the fun of gift giving by packaging gifts in used boxes such as cereal boxes...
Storage boxes and Moving Boxes are basically the same thing. The only difference is their use. Rather than moving your stuff from one home or office to another, you're moving your stuff into a storage unit or other storage location.
We offer both moving kits and stacks of boxes so you can order a stack of boxes in specific sizes. If you're not moving and you just need to pack up some stuff to put in storage, you'll want to order a stack of medium, large, or extra large boxes.
The easiest way to make moving easier and greener is to throw a yard/garage sale. Chances are you have a lot of stuff that you either don't want, need, or will never use again. Set aside things that you may want to hand down to friends and family, then start sorting everything else into categories. Pick up some of those little stickers and price everything out.
Set a Sunday aside and promote it in the neighborhood and online at Craiglist.org, on your social networking accounts, etc...
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