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