When you think of alternatives for sustainable removals and storage and its environmental impact, you don't see immediately plastic boxes. One thinks more in wood, natural resources and things like that. But sometimes you have to think a step further!

Boxit a young company of Malaga begins with an innovative alternative and unique to the models obsolete moving and storage.

Last year, around 1 a million people they moved in Spain. Spaniards are very likely to move within a city. Reasons for moving are varied and individual: rent a flat when becoming independent, have more space for children or share a flat with college mates.

Sustainable removals and storage helps improve the environment.

You may ask, what does that have to do with the sustainability of removals and storage? Each move involves producing tons of paper waste. Everything is stored in cardboard boxes, padded with newspapers and wrapped in paper. If you look at how many moving boxes it takes around the world to change homes, you will be completely surprised.. Due to its nature, cardboard moving boxes rarely withstand multiple uses. Many people also do not have the leisure or space to store the boxes for reuse.. As a result, last year they were used about 30 million cardboard boxes in Spain, assuming each person used 30 boxes.

Moving cardboard boxes are not as ecological as you think.

These huge amounts of paper and cardboard boxes cannot be recycled more of 5 times due to the nature of the fiber of the material. Spain is, in this context, a recycling master: waste paper is now used almost everywhere. Although a lot is being done here for the conservation of resources, the demand for paper and cardboard can in no way be satisfied with the reserves of the Spanish forests. In addition, new fiber material must be added to each recycling process.

Plastic boxes for sustainable removals.

How using cardboard boxes for moving and storage brings with it a variety of disadvantages, Boxit was created as alternative for sustainable removals and storage of Malaga and its surroundings.

No one is using their moving boxes multiple times, TRUE? Why not share moving boxes? Sharing instead of owning: a sustainable trend that can solve the problem. By renting sturdy plastic crates, The same box can be used for up to 400 removals or storage. A box replaces 400 cardboard boxes and is even cheaper than standard models made of cardboard. In addition, these boxes are bigger and more stable, so they can really pack their things with complete peace of mind. After a box has done its service 400 times, Boxit recycles it and processes it into a new box, no loss of material, without the addition of new plastic.

If you want more information take a look at our comparison between cardboard and plastic boxes. The difference between one and the other are clear.

Obviously, Malaga seems more than ready for such an idea.. The limited housing and the continuous removals force many residents of the Malaga capital to live or move in more sustainable conditions. With this new service, now it is possible to comfortably store things that are not used daily or save time and money when moving. In addition to the boxes, other items can be stored, like bicycles or suitcases.

And that is exactly the uniqueness of this concept.: Free drop-off and pick-up service eliminates the need to travel to the storage facility, as well as the trip to the hardware store to buy cardboard boxes.

In the end, you decide whether to use sustainable moving and storage services.

With Boxit your move or storage will be cheaper, comfortable and above all ecological.