Moving Boxes Vs Rental Crates For Your Office Move

Posted: July 16, 2012 by jj   -   1 Comment

Ever used those cardboard boxes to move the stuff in your desk for an office move? After 20-minutes of insert tab A into section B, fold over C tuck in D panel directions etc., you have your very own cardboard box. How much fun was that not to mention the poor tree that got cut down to make that box. Of course then there is the lid you have to make. Have you ever noticed when you pack all the boxes and stack them up the lightest box with all the fragile glass desk accessories is on the bottom being crushed by the other boxes on top. Who said moving isn’t fun?

The moving industry has traditionally forever uses these expensive wasteful, stupid cardboard boxes to move office contents. Now there is a better way with reusable plastic rental crates. Reusable plastic crates are easier to use, significantly less expensive and more environmentally friendly for commercial or residential moves than traditional cardboard boxes. Cardboard packing material accounts for one third of landfill waste, incorporating reusable plastic crates into your business is an important step toward becoming a greener solution.

According to recent study commissioned by the Reusable Pallet & Container Coalition compared to corrugated 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.

Rental crates reduces 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 from your company.

With an average lifespan of 10 or more years, (that’s 9 years, 11 months and 3 weeks longer than a box) reusable crates dramatically reduce the amount of carbon contributed to the atmosphere, as compared to that of single-use corrugated cardboard boxes. How? Rental crates conserve resources because they are reusable, and do not require replacement compared to cardboard, (which gets torn away in the landfill at the end of the move), boxes uses tremendous resources to manufacture, transport and even recycle packaging that will only be used once.

In addition to the environmental advantages of crate rental, there are also significant economic advantages. Rental crates can actually save up to 40 percent off the cost of your move with fewer units, less labor and fewer truckloads needed. Using rental crates can potentially earn points on LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ registered projects, as well as tax incentives and rebates.