GREEN MOVING BOXES: RecoPack makes your remodel storage eco-friendly
March 17, 2008
EarthFriendlyMoving is out to change the way American homeowners move with an environmentally friendly, do-it-yourself (DIY), packing and moving system developed entirely from recyclable trash mined from local landfills. Something we all need when we are packing away for our remodel!
Spencer Brown came up with a very simple green idea to take our hard to recycle plastic trash (all of that stuff found under your kitchen sink and laundry room) and convert this waste plastic into RecoPacks (Recycled Ecological Packing Solution).
Made from 74 plastic bottles, a RecoPack is a plastic moving container that you use instead of cardboard boxes for your remodel storage or move. RecoPacks are rented through EarthFriendlyMoving.com.
“When you do the math, we have removed over 740,000 bottles to make the first 10,000 RecoPacks,” says Brown. “For every 100 RecoPack containers we manufacture, EarthFriendlyMoving removes an average of 256 pounds of trash from the country?s landfills!” Brown also notes that it saves three healthy green trees from being cut down and made into disposable packing products like cardboard boxes.
How do you get RecoPacks for your remodel move or storage?
To get your RecoPacks you call, email or fax one of the EarthFriendlyMoving.com eco-agents, and they will help determine the right number and sizes of RecoPacks and other supplies you?ll need to complete your move. RecoPacks come in 5 homeowner friendly sizes ? small (14″x14″x14″), medium (20″x14″x12″), large (22″x16″x14″) and extra large (28″x18″x20″). A specially designed pallet made from recycled baby diapers called the ?Poopy Pallet,? is where you can stack your packed RecoPacks.
The RecoPacks arrive at your home via a vegetable powered/bio diesel truck. In addition, the delivery truck doubles as mini packing material factory. The truck harnesses energy it creates while driving, and then powers a machine on the back which produces Geami paper packing material, eliminating your need to purchase plastic bubble wrap.
The company also offers RecoCubes to protect your valuables. These packing cubes are made from recycled paper sludge. They compress it into this cool powerful cube and add sugars, starches and B-12 (plant food vitamins). When you?re done unpacking, all you need to do is toss them into your garden and they become compost for your trees and plants!
RecoPack’s rent out at $1/wk for some sizes, and there is a small delivery and pickup fee that ranges between $29- $99. EarthFriendlyMoving is currently operating in Orange County and Long Beach, California and will expand throughout Southern California in 2008 and ‘09. For more on Spencer’s company, check out their RecoPack YouTube Video.
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Hi!
Thanks for the amazing post about rent-a-green box and earth friendly moving!
I really appreciate the opportunity to be part of the solution!
Sincerely Green,
Spencer Brown
THINK GREEN, GO GREEN, SAVE GREEN
Listed as one of the top ten business ideas of 2007
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Why Pack and Move Green? The Recopack 3 minute video
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this is a very cool concept. we are moving soon, so we’ll contact you soon.
Do you plan to expand east of the Mississippi? Franchise the concept perhaps?
I think it is a good thing and it is a great thing for home managers and home owners. The kitchen is a place where there is always a mess up and things are get messy this is a good thing to take out all the kitchen thrash and laundry thrash and get them recycled ….
Good Luck..
This is a good step and these reco-boxes must be utilized properly and put all the dust and junk of your home and get them recycled . This is a safe step for every individual’s health and personal wellness.
Best Regards…
I think that reco-packs is a great discovery by EarthFriendlyMoving and it is a best tool of cleaning our kitchens and saves ourselves from hazards and un-hygienic things……
Best Regards…..
This type of packaging is need of the time and it is a latest innovation to get rid of card board packaging and get moving into new scientific discoveries in the field of packaging and supplies…..
Good Luck….
I think that in my opinion this type of packaging material is much better than the old fashioned traditional kind card board and carton material and this thing must be emphasized very keenly…
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This is really a modern technique which must be implied over all old packaging materials for a new change and a safer and durable way of packaged goods…
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I think it is a great modern innovation, and we must utilize this type of eco-friendly packaging…
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I think now-a-days these boxes are very swiftly and rapidly making their customers and making an eco-friendly packaging industry as well….
Good Luck….
I think this kind of machines are the current need of all home owners and people are very desperate to find such a great tool which just do all the things in hygienically environment……Reco Box is the final solution…
Best Regards…….
Reco-Boxes is a real versatile and powerful invention for the home-owners for their ease and convenience and these boxes are very helpful in the houses and kitchens all the junk can be put inside it and it also do help out in the process of packaging, moving & relocation…
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I think that these boxes are of great need in the consumer market and people are very keen to take it back home and utilize it properly….
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I think all the people should definitely start using this great facility and it is a great new box which will going to help us in homes and offices for sure…
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Reco-box is a great tool for our home makers to stay their homes healthier and hygienic.
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