Stop Using Cardboard Boxes and Move Green

Using cardboard boxes to move from one location to another is a process that has been used by people for a very long time.  With all the innovation that has taken place in the last 30 years alone  you would think that someone would have come up with a better way to move that didn’t drain the Earth of its precious resources.  Hundreds of millions of trees are chopped down each year in order to manufacture cardboard boxes which people use to pack their belongings in during a move.  To add insult to injury, after the move is complete a majority of the cardboard boxes used during moves end up in our landfills.  One company plans to forever change the way America moves.  ZippGo is a new company that takes 100% post consumer recycled plastic and turns it into beautiful reusable moving boxes which can be reused nearly 500 times.  Even after the 500th use, ZippGo will recycle the same box to make a brand new moving box.  ZippGo says that when people move with their moving boxes the benefits to the environment are huge and immediate.  The stats are impressive.

When just 10 people move these are the benefits:

1. Stop 1200 lbs of trash from going to the landfill
2. Save 50 gallons of oil
3. Save 4000 gallons of water from being used
4. Save 25,000 kilowatts of electricity from being used
5. Prevent 2 cubic yards of landfill space from being covered with garbage
6. Saves 12 trees from being chopped and turned into cardboard.

Now imagine if its 100, 1000, or 1 million people using reusable moving boxes from ZippGo.  The amount of resources which are save by using ZippGo’s moving solution is staggering.  ZippGo offer deliveries for both businesses that are moving and residential moves.  Deliveries are made on trucks powered by biodiesel made from 100% recycled waste vegetable oil.  In addition to their wonderful moving boxes, they also offer sustainable moving supplies such as biodegradable replacements for plastic bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts.  This is an awesome concept that is finally here and will help to significantly reduce cardboard usage during moves and ultimately prevent it from ending up in the landfill.  ZippGo offers packages based on the number of bedrooms in a customer’s home.  Their popular two bedroom package is only $149 and includes delivery, pickup, a dolly to move your boxes, and 1 reusable wardrobe box.  And to top it all off, using ZippGo reusable boxes costs less than buying cardboard boxes.  Their mantra makes perfect sense, “Move Green, Save Green”.  Check out their cool website at www.ZippGo.com.

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