A greener approach to moving has been formed upon a recent relocation of where I hang my heart. The strategy eliminates the heavy dose of boxes, plastic wraps, packaging foam, tissue paper, and tape that more traditional approaches administer to the Earth.
Below are some simple ways to help make your next move, a more eco-friendly move.
(1) Boxes: Don’t buy them! Ask local paint stores, electronic stores, pet shops, etc what day their shipments come in; request their donations to you.
(2) Packaging: Use (a) old, cleaned and crumbled Styrofoam containers, (b) crumpled up junk mail in place of tissue paper, (c) clothes/towels (clean clothes for dishes; “dirty” clothes for dusty decorative items), (d) old sheets and blankets for furniture covers.
(3) Driving: rent the biggest van you need to eliminate multiple runs.
(4) Tape the entire way across the bottom, but only a simple perpendicular strip on top with boxes that won’t be closed for long (or simply fold box flaps into each other).
(5) Mail: Put your new address on a do not mail list before moving. Otherwise, you’ll receive endless advertisements from just about every business in the area.
As I understand that many might cringe at the thought of using clothing or towels as packaging material, these are only suggestions. What I hope is that these steps are able to spark your creative green engine during future moving endeavors.
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