International & Ecological move

Packaging 

New start-ups have specialized in renting recyclable and reusable bins to replace moving boxes. The advantages are the reduction of waste to be managed, a more economical and more practical service.

You can also opt for eco-friendly boxes. To respect the environment, new boxes made 100% of renewable and biodegradable raw materials. If moving boxes are not banned, they should ideally be made of biodegradable or recyclable elements. Moving packs include environmentally friendly containers. Classified as biodegradable packaging, eco-friendly boxes are reusable or decompose within a few months.

Eliminating pollutants from your move 

To ensure that your move does not increase your ecological footprint, consider using tools that you can keep for a long time or others that can disintegrate in nature without increasing pollution.

These harmful materials have the particularity of increasing the level of pollution in the air, and of presenting a significant amount of toxic waste in your rubbish. Exclude products made of silicone, aggressive solvents or plastic.

The environmental approach has a single objective: to help you limit the pollution you generate during the realization of your project.

Opting for rail freight 

This option is particularly practical for long-distance moves, over 500 km.

Indeed, a truck comes to collect your furniture and places it in swap bodies that can contain 3 tons of goods. These are then taken to the train station and put on a train that arrives at its destination the next day. Then, a vehicle comes to collect them and transports them to their destination. In principle, one or two swap bodies are required for each move.

The cost is about 10% lower than by road: no highway tolls, and a swap body is worth ten times less than buying a full truck.

This last service is now offered by large moving companies: for example, a company that carries out 1/5 of its moves with this solution, imagine 10,000 moves per year for a saving of 11,000 tons of CO².

Reduce your round trips

Try to make as few trips as possible during your move. Forget about short trips between your home and your new home, and have your movers ship all of your items on moving day. If you plan to do part of the move yourself, pack as much as possible into your car or van instead of doing it bit by bit. The fewer trips you have to make during your move, the better for the planet.

Doing “co-moving”

We already know about carpooling. However, we are less aware of co-moving. Indeed, this method consists in gathering the moves of several people in order to share transportation vehicles. In addition to saving money on truck rental costs, this solution is environmentally friendly.

Co-moving is based on the principle of collaboration: it consists in benefiting from advantageous prices by sharing the costs and the time spent on a move on the same route.

What is co-moving?

You only pay for the kilometres of your move. Group your move with one or two other households. Choose the formula that best suits your needs.

Other benefits of co-moving

In addition, working together reduces the negative impacts of the move: less stress, therefore less fatigue, fewer costs. You also reduce CO2 emissions by reducing the number of trucks on the road and by making each move more profitable.