Absolutely without question it just seems that we tend to collect a lot of us., and our lives also create a law to waste. This fact is never more obvious than when you are packing up all of your closets and cupboards and drawers getting ready for a big move. In this year alone, more than 4 million Canadians will pack up their entire households for a big move. If you re among all of those people that are can I be transitioning this year, please consider the environment and choose as many environmentally friendly options as possible.
Moving environmentally friendly doesn t mean that you have to get horses and wagons and wrap all of your furniture up in old dusty blankets and pack all of your boxes with old newspapers and transport everything across the country in three months camping along the way.
Environmentally green moves just mean to be an aware of your environment and choosing methods which are the least harmful to it. Environmentally friendly moves are a growing trend in the moving industry. It generally involves rethinking traditional methods for moving which have always been a big waste such as tossing away boxes made of cardboard and dumping bubblewrap and plastic that you use for moving your belongings. Green moving just means to rethink how you re doing everything and look at your move through environmentally friendly glasses. It s about making choices that you can rest comfortably with knowing that you did your part.
In the first place try not to accumulate so much stuff. When you really think about it less is better for the environment anyway, if you make that kind of a choice it also means that you have less stuff to move. The last things that you have to move also mean the last diesel that the moving trucks will have to burn to get your stuff there. Environmentally friendly moving can also be thought of in terms of how you re going to live at your new home.
You probably want to consider holding a garage sale, or listing your items on craigslist or through websites such as eBay or giving away items to the neighbors and friends.
Most moving companies offer used or recycled cardboard cartons. Make sure your moving boxes are constructed of recycled materials. Take advantage of companies like ferguson moving and storage which offer environmentally friendly choices.
Slowdown on that bubble wrap. Most of the time bubble wrap is not necessary and you can use newspaper for the same items at a much lesser cost and its environmentally friendly. I m not suggesting that you have to use newspapers, but recycled white newsprint instead. Old newspapers make everything dirty including your hands in everything you catch not a great choice when you re trying to clean the house for the new owners or unpacking at your new home and then having dirty hands that you might touch the walls of the counters and have additional cleaning that will be required. Another choice is to also use up old sheets and towels for packing material these often make great stuffing areas for empty cavities that you have inboxes. These cavities must be filled anyway so items in the cartons will not move during transportation across Canada.
You also want to check out environmentally friendly products for cleaning when you re moving out of your old house.
Ask your movers if they have environmentally friendly choices that you can select from. Ask if they re moving blankets are made from 100 cotton which has been recycled and if they rent plastic packing crates.
Author Resource:
Lorne W. MacInnes is a managing partner of Ferguson Moving & Storage Ltd which is one of the oldest Vancouver movers in the moving industry and is an expert in the Vancouver movers relocation sector. http://www.fergusonmoving.com
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