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Moving Containers

Benefits of Using Reusable Moving Containers or Boxes

Regardless of the size of the moving containers that your movers will use for your transfer to a new home, it is important to choose the type of moving boxes that you will use to pack your belongings like clothes, equipment, and other household appliances.

Traditionally, cardboard boxes are used for this purpose. However, there are many disadvantages to using them. For one, they can easily get scratched or damaged when brushed against sturdier materials like steel. Likewise, they tend to be unstable and may collapse while stacked inside the moving containers.

Now, there is a better option to using cardboard boxes – boxes made of 100% reusable plastic materials from Lend a Box. So, how do these plastic boxes fare when pitted against cardboard boxes? Following are some of their advantages:

• Saves Money and Time – The moving boxes can be delivered right at your doorstep and picked up at your destination immediately after your move. This way, you are spared of the time and money you would otherwise spend to buy, assemble, break down, and dispose of the cardboard boxes you will use for your move. All you have to do is pack your things immediately after the boxes are delivered, load them in your mover’s moving containers, unload the boxes in your new destination, and unpack. You don’t have to worry about storing the boxes as Lend a Box would come immediately for the pickup.

• Helps Save Trees – Production of a ton of cardboard would require the death of 17 trees, and the use of 7,000 gallons of water, 79 gallons of oil, and 42,000 Kw of power. On the other hand, using plastic boxes for moving would result to savings equivalent to 120 million trees, 400M gallons of oil, and approximately 65 M cu. yards of landfill every year – and that is in the US alone.

• Safe for the Environment – If you compute the amount of carton boxes needed to move 50 studio units or 10 4-bedroom houses, it would be equivalent to a ton of waste added to landfills. By using eco-friendly boxes from Lend a Box, you would be doing the environment a lot of good. Lend a Box moving supplies are also made from eco-friendly materials.

• Space-Efficient – When loading into moving containers, one-sized reusable boxes are more efficient in terms of space than cardboard boxes that come in different sizes.

• Completely Made from Recyclable Plastic – Lend a Box uses only 100% reusable plastic for their boxes that are durable and can be used for many years. Once they are no longer fit to use, typically after being used for several hundred times, they are reground into new reusable boxes. Compared to cardboard moving boxes that can only be used up to several times before being thrown to landfills, reusable plastic boxes are more ideal to use.

• More Sanitary – Lend a Box’s reusable bins are cleaner than cardboard boxes as they keep moisture and rodents at bay, thus preventing mold and bacteria growth. Likewise, each box is disinfected and cleaned after every use.

• Stable – Plastic boxes are more stable when stacked inside moving containers. Compared to cardboard boxes, they can carry more stacked weight and will not collapse. They will not easily shift while in transit.

To sum it all up, using 100% reusable plastic moving boxes from Lend a Box is a more logical choice than using cardboard boxes. While you may argue that using used cardboard boxes may be a cheaper alternative than using new ones, and is definitely more beneficial to the environment, these are not the only important considerations when moving.

For one, you have to consider the safety of your belongings while in transit. Likewise, you do not want to put your health at risk by placing your things in an old box that may have gotten damp while in storage, and may have been the breeding ground for mold and bacteria; and how about rodents? Imagine if a member of your household immediately uses the things inside one of these cardboard boxes right after unpacking. Surely, you don’t want that to happen.

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