I previously wrote about Green Taxis, Green Car Rentals and Carbon Neutral Transatlantic Flights, well with Spring comes Earth Friendly Moving.

Put it under How come I did not think about it first ideas.
The company was founded by California entrepreneur Spencer Brown (pictured here) after he moved his office and realized how much waste (boxes, tape, paper...you name it) moving generated and its impact on landfills.

I myself moved about a month ago and even though it was only across town, I still had to pack quite a bit.
Besides the negative impact on nature, moving also generate waste of money.
By that I mean, you buy all these boxes and packing needs only to use most of them once and throw away.

This is where Earth Friendly Moving came up with a neat and simple idea, the 'Recopack' (in English 'Recycled Ecological Packing Solution'). The boxes are available in five sizes and rent for a dollar per week each.

Unfortunately, the service is currently available only in Southern California.

They are planning to expand to the rest of California soon and within the next 2 years to the rest of the US.

Kudos to Spencer and Earth Friendly Moving, simple and practical...

Discovered the service on Springwise