Packing & Moving: Low Impact Solution
A Very Green Idea From Frogbox

Moving is something we have all done and will most likely have to do again (and again, and again). Whether it's for our home or our company doesn't the hunt for the right cardboard box feel antiquated? We love a company that can take a basic service need, like moving, and make an environmental impact. Read more after the jump...

We’ve all been there: sorting through boxes behind the grocery store, begging for cardboard at the wine shop, being forced to purchase boxes from the moving company. For those of you in the Seattle and Vancouver, BC, area you now have a better option: Frogbox.

The idea is simple. You place an order online, they deliver the moving totes, you pack and move then Frogbox will pick up the empty boxes. The boxes, which can be reused hundreds of times, are actually cleaned after every pickup thus reducing the amount of dirt and bacteria that cardboard boxes can harbor. The trucks use waste stream bio-diesel (from recycled waste oils and cooking oils from restaurants) which lowers emissions and their website is powered by solar energy. And for those of you frog lovers, 1% of Fogbox’s gross revenue is donated to frog habitat restoration. Love it!

We recently wrote about a similar service in the Bay Area . Do you have something like this in your area? If so, let us know!

Posted originally from: AT:San Francisco

Comments (6)

This really is a good idea. It would be great if this type of company had locations nationwide, or a partnership with other companies, so that it worked for long-distance moves as well.

I love this idea, I was so disappointed to see it is only available in select places. Hopefully by the time I move it is available in Chicago!

Though it doesn't pass the "cutesy frog" test, www.rentacrate.com does the same thing!

I've got to say I never buy moving boxes anyway I go and ask for them in supermarkets. But in combination with the company's other environmental benefits, this is good.

I don't know about whether they use boxes vs crates as I used my own boxes but http://www.meangreentrucking.com here in NYC also runs its trucks on biodiesel and plant a tree for every move!

Thanks for writing about FROGBOX Anne. I'd like to update your readers and let them know that FROGBOX now rents eco friendly moving boxes in three cities, Vancouver BC, Seattle WA and Toronto ON. We opened our Toronto location in March 2010. We will be in every major North American city in the next few years.

We see a tremendous opportunity in inter city moving and already have a lot of people using our moving boxes between two of our cities.