The Red, White, and Green

Spencer Brown, founder and visionary of environmentally sustainable moving company Rent-a-Green Box, was kind enough to offer a follow-up response to my post last week regarding the specific cost savings his company offers the consumer:

Something to think about in terms of cost savings: Most moves are 70 percent labor and 30 percent material, and we reduce labor by 20 percent due to the speed [of packing and moving, loading and unloading], which can have a huge impact on the end bill. We had a mover who estimated 12 hours at $120 an hour, and with [the Rent-a-Green-Box] system did the move in eight hours; that’s a $480 savings…. The other cost savings that we don’t market is the savings for not breaking or replacing any items that would be crushed or damaged with a cardboard box.

Brown, who won California’s 2008 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) in the category of technological and market innovation for the Recopack, Rent-a-Green Box’s rentable and reusable moving box made from 100 percent recycled plastics diverted from local landfills, has clearly struck gold (green) with his company’s business model. Even if you’re not persuaded by the company’s laudable environmental profile — saving trees, keeping cardboard boxes and packing materials out of the landfill, creating a reusable product from recycled trash — the convenience and cost-savings of the service alone should convince you.

–Jennifer Grayson

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