Planning an Eco-Friendly Move

Keep Our Planet Clean & Go Green!

Making environmentally friendly decisions and small changes to your next move will have a massive impact on the environment. Not only will you feel better when you make these changes, but you will help protect the environment and sustain its natural resources. The moving process has proven to be extremely harmful to the environment because of the hazardous materials not disposed of properly, exhaust gases from the trucks, not recycling, and using environmentally damaging packing materials. Learn how to protect your planet by simply altering how you pack, transport and dispose of your belongings during your upcoming move.

 

Here are some eco-friendly tips to follow for your next move to be environmentally friendly.

1) Declutter Your Home

When planning any type of move it is important to declutter your home. However, decluttering your home can also have a huge impact on the environment and your carbon footprint. Only keep items and belongings that you need, will use in the future and aren’t damaged. Not only will this save time packing, but it involves fewer packing materials, require fewer trips (less gas mileage) because your belongings take up less space and use less fuel and carbon emission during transportation.  

2) Sell, Donate or Recycle!

Moving is a fantastic reason to purge through all your belongings and get rid of all items you no longer need. All those belongings you don’t want or need anymore need to end up somewhere. There are plenty of options to handling how to properly dispose of these items. One option is to donate some of your old or lightly used belongings to the Salvation Army, Goodwill, or other charity organizations. The more expensive or larger items can be sold through eBay, Craigslist or even a garage sale where people will be able to buy and reuse your items. Lastly, and most importantly it is crucial to properly recycle all unwanted items because the waste has a huge negative impact on the environment.

3) Use Eco-Friendly Packing Materials & Supplies

Packing your belongings with eco-friendly materials is one of the easiest ways to go green and diminish the impact on the environment. Instead of using materials like bubble wrap and packing peanuts to pack your fragile items, be more eco-conscious and use a green alternative such as newspaper, egg cartons, shoe boxes, blankets, towels, reusable cardboard boxes and plastic pins. You can save a lot of money on packing materials by using what you already have in your home.  Instead of creating more waste in the environment, find the green alternative to bubble wrap and packing peanuts and use all biodegradable materials and supplies.

4) Bins / Boxes

Another solution to being more eco-friendly during a move is to rent reusable bins made out of recycled plastic. This is a great replacement for cardboard boxes and is more cost-effective than purchasing cardboard boxes. 

5) Hire an Eco-Friendly Moving Company

Most moving companies are switching and improving their vehicles, so they are more fuel efficient and use biodiesel for their moving trucks. When you are planning an eco-friendly move, it is imperative to hire a green moving company with environmentally friendly transportation. By using environmentally friendly trucks, you will help preserve the environment, reduce the impact of the fuel emissions and limit your carbon footprint. 

Go Green with NYC Movers, Shleppers

Shleppers Moving & Storage takes eco-friendly moving to a whole new level and is continuously optimizing ways to be more environmentally friendly and efficient throughout all operations. Going green means implementing practices to lead to an eco-friendlier and ecologically responsible lifestyle. Over the years, local moving company, Shleppers started executing eco-friendly practices such as recycling 100% of paper products, reusing boxes, using biodegradable materials for packaging, and replacing our old vehicles with more fuel-efficient ones. Take advantage of our expertise and our environmentally friendly operations during your move to protect the environment go green! Read more about Shleppers eco-friendly operations and fill out a free quote today!