America is a country on the move.

One fifth of all Americans – 20 percent – move every year! That means that the average U.S. resident will move a total of 16 times over their lifetime – about once every 5 years! That’s a lot of moving and a lot of trash generated from tossing all of those new and used cardboard boxes into a landfill. We need to “rethink” how we pack and move in America.

The way America moves hasn’t changed in over 233 years.

America prides itself on its resourcefulness and ingenuity - but we’ve adapted and accepted the use of archaic, inefficient and environmentally destructive packing and moving products such as new and used cardboard boxes, petroleum-based bubble wrap and Styrofoam to pack, protect and move our property. With all of our smarts, don’t you think we should have more choices when we pack and move?

The way America moves is bad for our Earth.

The reality is, that we’re cutting down to many trees to make all of these cheap new and recycled cardboard boxes and wasting our oil making disposable bubble wrap! Most people indiscriminately toss out these materials after unpacking and the problem perpetuates itself as more materials enter the landfill and more valuable natural resources are consumed to replace the materials needed to pack and move.

It’s a vicious cycle of destructive ecological and environmental behavior! The bottom line is, we’re wasting our limited natural resources expanding our overburdened landfills. That’s not a good thing for YOU or this Earth! The other problem that we’re now facing is that we have twice as many people, living twice as long, using twice the amount of energy and we have a diminishing and finite amount of natural resources, that we must conserve for future generations. Cutting down a tree to make a box that’s used once, maybe twice that ends up in a landfill is just plain bad for our environment and Earth.

Rent-a-Green Box is out to change the way America packs and moves.

We’ve created the world’s first comprehensive, zero-waste,  environmentally friendly packing and moving system developed entirely from recyclable trash, mined from local landfills!

Not only does this new system help save Earth’s limited natural resources by detoxing our landfills by using trash to reinvent the cardboard box, it also offers customers’ an immediate and tangible time, effort, and money savings alternative to using new or used cardboard boxes when they pack and move anything! It’s a win-win-win solution for our environment, your pocket book and Earth!

The RecoPack  stands for [ Recycled Ecological Packing Solution].

Instead of buying new or used cardboard boxes, which typically get thrown away after just one, possibly two moves, Rent-a-Green Box™, delivers direct to your door, the rentable and reusable RecoPack™. The name Recopack™ is short for [Recycled Ecological Packing Solution]. It’s a revolutionary way to pack and move without harming the environment and providing the first, affordable, zero-waste alternative to using new or used cardboard boxes when you pack and move your property.

Finally, after 233 years, we have a solution! Conceived and invented by Spencer Brown, the brain child behind the scenes, the Recopack is a system of lightweight, stackable, rentable and reusable moving and storage boxes, available in 3 consumer friendly sizes! 

The Recopack™ is made from all of those hard-to-recycle colorful plastic bottles typically found under your kitchen sink and laundry room- like bleach bottles, household cleaning products, dishwashing and laundry detergent. This hard-to-recycle plastic trash is removed from America’s landfills and then cleaned, sorted, scrubbed, and then ground into a billion little pieces. It takes  between 74 and 124 plastic bottles to make one Recopack. Each Recopack will last for over 400 round trip applications and then when it’s worn out- we just grind it up to make another Recopack. It’s a zero waste, closed loop, cradle to cradle solution to a country on the move.

To date we have removed over 10 million bottles and we’re just getting started with our national expansion, so when you stop and do the math, the more Recopacks™ we rent, the more trash we need and the faster we can detox our landfills.

Our Mission is to change the way America moves with an earth friendly, zero waste packing and moving solution that saves time, money and Earth.

With your word of mouth support, we’ll change the way America packs and moves! We really need your web support  by sharing our links, story and videos with your friends and family. You’re invited to join our cause… let’s take back our environment and economy one move at a time.

EarthFriendlyMoving helps you save the Earth.

For every 100 Recopack we rent, here’s the ecological impact- it’s really amazing! We start by removing over 500 pounds of hard to recycle plastic trash to make our world famous, electric lime green Recopacks™. By Renting a green box, instead of using new or used cardboard boxes, we prevent over 350 pounds of traditional packing materials like boxes, petroleum based bubble wrap and Styrafoam paking materials entering our landfills. We save over 350 gallons of drinkable water and over 50 gallons of petroleum fuel from the manufacturing, distribution and sales process of these archaic materials. We also eliminate over 2,500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from entering our atmosphere and we solve a huge problem- deforestation. When you Rent-a-Green Box, we save 3 healthy trees from being cut down to make a cardboard box that’s used once, maybe twice and then just tossed into a landfill.

To complete the 4R’s of the environmental cycle [ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Replenish ], for every 100 Recopacks rented, Rent-a-Green Box plants a tree on behalf of our client! That’s another way we grow our business, one customer and one tree at a time!

Rent-a-Green Box  receives one of the best scores on the “greenwashing” index for it’s authentic green business practices.

All of our signature products are made from 100% post consumer recycled-”end of life trash”. The Greenwashing index rated us the best possible score, a number 1. And we’re honored to have passed their test and the public’s opinion of what we’re doing to change the way America packs and moves.

Here’s the reality of our situation, when you recycle anything, the materials tend to become less usable. It’s called degradation which is a big fancy word for “no longer usable” in recycle speak.  This is the stuff that industries don’t want and eventually this “end of life” recycled material is either burned or dumped into a landfill. 

We take this waste and re-invented an entire line of zero-waste, sustainable, trash based packing and moving products.  We now have a choice and that’s a good green thing for you and the environment. 

We take this and make it into that:

The cornerstone of Rent-a-Green Box is the Recopack™ made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The Poopy Pallet™ is made from over 700 used baby diapers. Recocubes™ are made from recycled newsprint sludge and when you unpack, just toss them in your garden and they will feed your plants and trees. We also have the replacement for Bubble Wrap that’s made from recycled cardboard sludge called Geami™. We also take tons of soda cans and make really cool recycled dollies to help transport the Recopacks™ from one place to the other. Bottle caps that litter our streets, beaches and walkways become Reco Zip-ties™ and we also invented a label that can clean your toilets when your done unpacking your Recopacks. All you need to do is peel it from the Recopack™ and toss it into the toilet. Stand back and watch it foam, fizz and crackle, then flush away!

Everything that we do is made from trash which gives new meaning to the phrase- “ one mans trash is another mans treasure!”

 

Running Green and Clean:

All Rent-a-Green Box mobile delivery trucks and company cars are powered by a combination of waste vegetable oil and bio-diesel  to minimize our daily carbon emissions and impact. We have reduced our carbon foot print by 78% running green and clean. We also equipped each delivery truck to generate, store and convert the vegetable powered electrical energy from DC to AC, to make a replacement for bubble wrap. It’s called Geami™ which means “friend of the earth” and this protective packing paper looks like honey comb and it’s made from recycled cardboard boxes. It’s made right on the truck, in front of your residence and delivered direct to your door!

We also took the extra steps to print all Rent-a-Green Box sales brochures and collateral with non-toxic, soy-based inks on 100-percent post-consumer waste fiber manufactured with alternative wind power and certified by Green Seal® and the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program to meet Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards.

We’re just starting to pickup e-waste for free, old batteries, cell phones to help you help the environment. We’re always learning and adding new, authentic green solutions to our little green business and our green ears are always listening…

Rent-a-Green Box customers save time.

Without the need for cardboard box shopping, assembly, taping, breakdown and disposal; customers using Rent-a-Green Boxes save an average of 37 hours during their move, based on a 1,500-square-foot, 3-bedroom, 2-bath residence. The smallest move, a 1 bedroom studio move can save at least 8 hours… think of it this way, when you rent-a-green box, you get an entire day back in your life.

Rent-a-Green Box customers save money.

Rent-a-Green Box client’s will cut their pack and moving costs by 50% compared to buying cardboard boxes and other petroleum based packing materials. You’ll also save lots of money by eliminating multiple trips to the store, buying more supplies, which wastes a lot of gas, time, and effort needed to pack and move your property.

Why waste your valuable time, when we deliver them direct to your door. You pack, stack and move. When you’re done, just call us and we’ll pick’em up. It’s just that simple…  it’s moving made simple!

It’s easy to get started.

Click here and fill out our simple online ordering form to reserve your RecoPacks and other packing and moving supplies. We’ll deliver them direct to your door and you’ll save time, money and Earth! We look forward to greening your move. 

 

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