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Pack and Go Green

Need-to-know info about your health, diet, mind, body, and the world you live in

BY Rona Cherry
ILLUSTRATION Tracy Walker

Let's face it, moving is never fun. The prospect of sorting through belongings and packing box after box can raise anyone's stress levels. Then there's the stress on the environment: Tossing things makes for trash, and moving stuff from here to there uses up natural resources and energy. But if you'll be moving this summer—it's prime moving season—we've got tips to make the experience at least more eco-friendly. First, lessen your impact on landfills by donating to Goodwill Industries, the Salvation Army, or your neighborhood thrift store. Or recycle goods through freecycle.org or gigoit.org. You can also try hosting a yard sale or selling items on eBay or craigslist.

As for boxes, ask friends, coworkers, and local supermarkets for extras you can reuse. Treecycle.com sells recycled, unbleached boxes, while UsedCardboardBoxes. com rescues slightly used boxes from businesses and new but misprinted ones from box manufacturers. Rentacrate (rentacrate.com) and Southern California—based EarthFriendlyMoving (earthfriendlymoving.com) lease reusable plastic moving crates. To keep your items safely cushioned in transit, EarthFriendlyMoving also sells compostable RecoCubes, and U-Haul (store.uhaul.com) offers a biodegradable corn-and-potato-starch alternative to petroleum-based Styrofoam peanuts.

If you need help moving, consider hiring an eco-friendly moving company, such as California's Go Green Moving Solutions (gogreenmoving.com). If you're doing it yourself, it's cheaper and greener to hire a van for one trip than to employ your car for several.

JULY/AUGUST 2008 p. 16

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