If you’re looking for DIY eco-friendly packing hacks, your first step should be renting reusable moving crates. These green alternatives to cardboard boxes dramatically lower the carbon footprint of your move, and they’re incredibly simple to order and use.
Thanks to the many benefits, low-waste moving supplies like rentable plastic bins are quickly becoming the go-to materials for Chicago-area residents who are preparing for their upcoming moves.
How Reusable Moving Crates Make Your Move Easy
Reusable plastic moving bins make moving life easier in a variety of ways. From placing your online order all the way through a simple and low-waste unpacking process, the bins are giving traditional supplies like cardboard boxes and packing tape a run for their money.
24/7 Online Ordering
You can rent reusable moving crates and sustainable moving kits online anytime, any day, from anywhere. Just think about how many plastic moving bins you’ll need for your move, then hop online and place your order.
Getting ready for a move is hectic, and many people searching for eco-friendly moving supplies just don’t have time to research stores that they’ll then need to visit on their own time. The simple 24/7 online ordering makes renting plastic moving crates easy and convenient.
Delivery and Pickup on Your Schedule
There’s no need to carve time out of your day to run over to a big box store and pick up your packing and moving supplies. The best green moving box rental companies have flexible scheduling options that let you choose when you want the bins delivered to your old home prior to your move as well as a date and time for them to pick up the bins after you’ve unpacked at your new place.
Eco-conscious movers and moving supply businesses understand that unpacking often takes a little longer than anticipated (or, in rarer cases, unpacking takes less time than expected!). If you need to change your delivery or pickup dates, just give their customer service team a call. Chances are, they’ll be happy to reschedule to a time that works for you.
No Assembly Required
Assembling cardboard boxes is a hassle. First, you have to buy the boxes, tape, and a tape dispenser with a cutting edge. Then, you’ll need to fold and tape the flaps on the bottom of the box while making sure the box is squared off. If it’s askew, it might not close properly or be strong enough to hold what you’re going to pack inside.
Now, think about repeating that process dozens of times to assemble all the boxes you’ll need for your move.
Reusable moving crates remove the hassle, wasted time, and annoyance that sometimes comes along with assembling cardboard boxes. The stackable bins are ready to go as soon as they’re delivered to you—just pack them up, close the built-in lids, and slap on a couple of the labels that were included in your bin delivery.
Sturdy and Stackable for Packing Convenience
Cardboard boxes can easily break open…or break apart entirely. If you’re packing up previously used boxes, there’s a good chance there’s some sort of damage that decreases the box’s structural integrity. Plus, if the cardboard gets wet, the box could completely fall apart, and its contents will be at risk of water damage. As a final challenge, stacking different sizes of cardboard boxes can become a frustrating game of Tetris.
All of these problems can be solved by reusable moving crates. Here’s how:
- They’re uniform in size (24” long x 19” wide x 12” high), so stacking couldn’t be easier.
- Their hard plastic walls, tops, and bottoms mean that they’re much sturdier than cardboard and will better protect your packed belongings from damage.
- Because the lids close securely, the contents will be protected from water damage. You don’t have to worry if your moving totes get a little wet.
In other words, reusable plastic bins remove some of the most stress-inducing parts of moving.
Wheeled Dollies Speed Up Your Move
One of the most exhausting and difficult parts of moving is schlepping cardboard boxes around your home, to the moving truck, and into your new home. Although it’s true that reusable moving crates can be as heavy as a packed cardboard box, the bins easily stack onto wheeled steel dollies so you can just push them around and save yourself a sore back.
Unpack With Ease
After a long day of moving, it’s time to unpack your boxes and start settling into your new home. When you use traditional cardboard boxes, you have to break them down and stack them up so they take up less room. This often requires removing the tape on the bottom of each box, which adds a ton of time to your unpacking process.
With reusable moving crates, there’s no breakdown required. Just unpack your bins, stack up the empty ones (they nest together to take up as little space as possible), and wait for your pickup date to roll around.
Less Waste to Deal With
The moving industry provides essential services, but unfortunately, traditional moving supplies generate waste…and a lot of it. Each year, an estimated 900 million cardboard boxes and 30 million rolls of tape are used in the United States alone, and a lot of them end up in landfills.
By renting reusable moving crates, you’re helping to lower those numbers. And as an added bonus, your dumpster or recycling bins won’t be full of used tape and crushed cardboard boxes. There’s little to no waste for you to deal with, so you can start relaxing in your tidy new home more quickly and sleep well knowing you’ve done your part to help out the Earth.
Our Reusable Moving Crates Will Make Your Pack, Move, and Unpack a Breeze!
Very few people actually like moving, even if it’s an annual or biennial event for them. Why not make your packing, moving, and unpacking processes easier by renting reusable moving crates?
We offer sustainable moving kits for a variety of dwelling sizes plus a la carte ordering, and we can’t wait to help you have a smooth and easy move. Drop us a line with any questions!