Eco-Friendly Moving Boxes
Offering an alternative to traditional cardboard boxes for moving, Frogbox, a Canadian contender that currently serves the Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., areas.
Frogboxes are green, industrial-strength plastic containers that are available in standard and wardrobe sizes. Consumers simply order the boxes they need, and Frogbox drops them off at their home using its biodiesel delivery truck.
Pricing is by the week, and the company also picks the boxes up once the moving is all done. Moving dollies and packing paper are available as well. Frogboxes can be used hundreds of times before they get recycled, says the company, which thoroughly cleans them between uses.
A one-bedroom bundle of 25 Frogboxes and one dolly is priced beginning at USD or CDN 79 for one week—the company charges in the customer’s local currency—plus a delivery fee that ranges from USD or CDN 30 to 50, depending on the address.
In much the manner of Save Your Logo, Frogbox donates one percent of its gross revenues to frog habitat restoration.
Cardboard and paper waste make up an estimated 18 percent to 26 percent of landfill material, Frogbox says, so it’s nice to see the spread of reusable plastic alternatives. The company is planning an expansion across North America; time to introduce “frogs” to your neck of the woods…?
Photo by Frogbox.
Jaclyn Wells on August 4th, 2009 1:49 pm
I love the concept of hard plastic boxes! for one….they are more eco friendly, but they are by far more sturdy and long lasting than your card board boxes. not to mention that with plastic boxes which come with their own lids as well, no more duct tape!
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