I’m sure everyone who is reading this has moved at some point in their life. Its often a hassle that involves moving things you haven’t moved in years, finding things you thought you lost years ago, and packing it all up to take to the next place. Most people go down to their local moving company store, buy overpriced cardboard boxes, and then throw them away after the move is complete. A new San Francisco based company has sprung up to recycle your cardboard boxes. Boxcycle.com has created a website that allows you to post your location, the number of cardboard boxes you have, and your selling price. Locals looking for cardboard boxes simply enter their zip code to find the closest sellers of cardboard and complete the transaction on boxcycle.com. Boxcycle handles the transaction, and the buyer uses a printed ticket to pickup from the seller. If enough people use this service imagine how much cardboard will be saved each year.
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on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Dude, not a bad idea, but I’d rather use freecycle and just give away the boxes. I’ve never bought a cardboard box in my life and I always receive them from friends who aren’t using them, creating a quasi-Boxcycle.
on Nov 10th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Isn’t Freecycle cool? I’m totally with you, but for those who normally buy their boxes this is a great alternative if you can’t find the boxes on Freecycle.