At A Great Move, we provide removals in Nerang, and we care about taking care of the environment as much as many of our eco-minded customers do when they move house. If you’re relocating and would like to keep your carbon footprint to a minimum as you do so, consider some of the following tips.
Smart Supplies
The average move uses dozens of cardboard boxes. There are some steps you can take to cut down on this number. For starters, see if you can reuse a friend’s boxes. Cardboard boxes can typically withstand several uses before needing to be recycled. There are also some eco-friendly alternatives to cardboard, such as:
• Recycled plastic bins. Some places rent these reusable bins, or you may have some already. These can be used over and over again, even used for storage at your new house. When you don’t need them anymore, you can donate them to someone else who needs them. These containers last much longer than cardboard, cutting down on the amount of material thrown away.
• Biodegradable replacements. You can often find green alternatives to products like foam wrap and packing peanuts.
• Using what you have. The most resourceful option is to use items you already own, such as towels, clothing, and bedding, to wrap your fragile belongings for the move. You’ll need to pack these items anyway, and this cuts down significantly on the amount of material used and thrown away.
New Home, New Habits
When you get to your new home, let it be the starting point of some new earth-friendly habits, such as saving energy, recycling, and creating less waste. For example:
• Replace incandescent light bulbs with CFLs or LEDs, which are more efficient.
• Find air leaks near doors, windows, and the roof and, if necessary, get professional advice on how to fix them.
• Keep electronics, appliances, and phone chargers unplugged when you aren’t using them.
• Start recycling, if you aren’t already in the habit, and consider composting organic waste.
• Adventurous? Consider installing solar panels on your roof for free, clean, renewable energy.
Let A Great Move Help with Nerang Removals
At A Great Move, we understand how stressful moving house can be, so we take the worry and hassle from you. When you choose us as your Nerang removalist, we’ll show up with our experienced team and assess your household furniture, organising everything to be loaded safely and carefully into the truck. We even load the truck with easy removal and set up at the new location in mind. We’ll wrap and tie your furniture individually and make sure that smaller items are placed in secure locations in the truck. If furniture needs to be disassembled to be safely moved, no problem.
When we get to your new home, we’ll place your furniture right where you want it whenever possible. We’ll reassemble anything that was taken apart for the move, and we’ll place marked boxes in the right area of your new home for easy unpacking. We can also connect washing machines and refrigerators. Let A Great Move be your removalist in Nerang – contact us today to find out all the ways we make your move a breeze.
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