UK BOXES DIRECT – HELPING TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT

When you order your removal boxes from UKBOXESDIRECT.COM It’s not only good for your wallet, but it’s good for the planet!

All our moving and storage boxes are produced form 100% Recyclable materials, Paper and cardboard is an “Environmentally Friendly Material”.

Our boxes are closed using water soluble adhesive rather than metal staples – not only safer for children and inquisitive pets, but it means they are totally biodegradable without compromising strength!

UK Boxes are proud to be an eco-aware company, and as such we only use cardboard suppliers committed to the goal of ensuring that we all live and work in an environmentally friendly world.

As a user of such basic resources as wood, fiber, water and energy, our cardboard suppliers makes strenuous efforts throughout their entire supply chain to preserve the environment.

The nature of its product itself; the moving boxes and supplies are recyclable or made of recycled paper; the respect of the environmental regulations and the drastic reduction of the impacts of its industrial operations all reflect their commitment to protect the environment.

Here is a quote from their website:

Wood and paper products are part of an integrated eco-cycle based on the photosynthetic conversion of water, carbon dioxide, nutrients and other biomass components. If used wood and paper products are collected separately from other waste they start a new life as a secondary raw material or bio-fuel. For our Company recycling is an economic and technical reality, and its record in this field is among the best. In our mills, recycling rates – measured by the percentage of recovered fibres used in domestic consumption – are very high (over 70 %).

Here at UK BOXES DIRECT we are proud to say that all the materials used in our boxes are non-toxic and recyclable… Buy the best products with confidence… They WON’T cost you the Earth!!

The Facts:

Corrugated packaging is made from a natural and renewable raw material.
-Europe’s forests are growing and each year the forest based sector Only harvests 55% of the yearly growth of wood.
-Growing more trees helps slow down global warming, and to reduce carbon dioxide levels.

Over 80% of the paper used for the production of corrugated packaging is recycled paper!

Corrugated is one of the few packaging materials that consistently reaches the targets set by the European Directive on packaging and packaging waste.

The European Corrugated Packaging Industry helped develop the European Declaration on Paper Recovery, a voluntary standard which guarantees a recovery rate of 60%

Paper based packaging is 100% recyclable and close to 70% of paper and board packaging is recycled.

Corrugated packaging is fully biodegradable.