By: John McKenzie
Submitted: 2010-10-18 05:27:10 | Word Count: 559
If you are an environmentalist, you would surely want to use packing materials that can be recycled after the move. The best way is to use eco friendly packaging materials before a move and recycling moving materials after the move. On the other hand if you are not concerned about the environment and dispose all the materials carelessly, you are making yourself and many innocent others affected by the hazards of pollution. Usually the Chicago movers make use of recycle packing and moving materials for ensuring environmental protection.
You can make a move towards recycling by using green packing materials. Begin the process by selecting only eco friendly or green packing materials. Go for biodegradable packing peanuts instead of bubble wraps which are manufactures by using non green processes. There are starch based packing materials which are static free materials. They can use as cushion against computers or other electronic items. Don't be surprised to hear that popcorns have become the most innovative packing material of the moving industry. Since the popcorns are degradable, the local movers use them instead of artificial packing popcorns made from Styrofoam which end up in the landfill.
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Mostly the Chicago movers make use of blankets, sheets and towels etc to protect fragile items and you can also make use of such fabrics. Wherever there is a need for cushioning or wrapping up fragile items, you can use post consumer waste paper. Better go for papers from used magazines, newspapers etc. There are recyclable moving boxes available with the Chicago movers which are made from waxed paper goods and cardboard. Use such kind of moving materials as packing boxes.
It is important to continue with the recycling process even after the move. You can visit websites like earth911.org for finding ways to recycle used moving materials in the new location. Also it directs in finding the recycling centers as well as recycling mechanism of the new area where you have now moved in. if you have been wisely using only recyclable moving materials, the process of eco friendly move be made easy. Start dissembling the used cardboard moving boxes and flatten them by cutting the tape at each end. You can then stack them into piles of similar sizes and bind them together. Intimate some recycling center in the area and ask them to pick them up or wait for community recyclables to pick them up. If you hire Chicago movers, they would take the responsibility of recycling the moving materials.
Dispose the post consumer waste paper that has been used to wrap or cushion the items together into appropriate paper recycling bin. You can follow the same procedure for paper recycling as you did for the moving boxes. After a move, you would surely have some hazardous products and unwanted electronic items like cell phone and other devices to be dumped. Check for the recycling resources for such items.
Even though the eco friendly moving takes some of your time and energy, it is worth the efforts. You can contribute towards an environmental friendly move if you pick the moving materials wisely.
Author Resource:-
USA Moving and Storage is a Chicago movers providing moving and storage services to businesses and consumers. We staff our headquarters with the most qualified Piano Movers and personnel available in the household goods moving industry.
