Ecopreneuring+-+Rent+a+Green+Box

The following was originally published February 20, 2009 at http://mgt386.blogspot.com/2009/02/rent-green-box-ecopreneuring-with.html

The Rent-A-Green Box story began in 2005 when our founder, Spencer Brown, needed to pack and move his home office into office space located just 30 miles down the road. After spending over $800 on cardboard boxes and other moving supplies, he ended up at a local landfill forking over another $150 to dispose of these boxes (which were each used one time to facilitate his 30-mile move). Standing there in the landfill next to 40-foot-high towers of compressed cardboard, he was struck by the sheer insanity of the old wasteful and inefficient model of packing and moving. As he looked up at mountains of empty plastic detergent bottles Spencer had his first "AH-HA" moment: There must be a way to make a cool eco friendly reusable moving box out of all this plastic trash. Nine months and thousands of hours of research and development work later, Spencer brought to market the first Zero-Waste, Earth-Friendly, Cradle to Cradle, rentable, reusable "green" moving box in the world. He named this product The Recopack (Recycled Ecological Packing Solution) and gave birth to an entire industry. ||
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