The Environment

 

 

Plastic rental crates

Earlier this year we decided to purchase a large number of 2nd hand plastic storage crates

Once we purchased we then cleaned and fully refurbished them, with a view to using as part of our local removal service

We did this so to try to avoid the constant and needless purchasing of single use cardboard boxes

These crates can be used again and again, are cheaper an stronger than double wall cartons and help us at artisan to try to do our bit for the environment

 

Plain packing boxes

Earlier this year we decided to not to place orders for any materials with our logos/company livery on

Instead we decided to only purchase off the shelf plain double wall cartons for all of our moves (where we cannot sustainably use our plastic rental crates)

There were a few reasons for us doing this the main one being to help the environment

All our plain boxes do not have the chemicals, known as mineral oils, that come from printing inks on them and so can be composted and recycled a lot more easily

The other added benefits to us using plain boxes are :

  • increased security as our plain boxes are lot more inconspicuous when we are delivering/collecting from clients various premises

  • cost savings to our clients as printed boxes cost a lot more to produce than plain ones

  • better turnaround on supply as boxes take a lot less time to manufacture

 

Re- usable furniture covers

As a company we decided to order a variety of re-usable quilted furniture covers for local moving and temporary storage

We have many quilted covers in stock for small sofas, large sofas, armchairs, mattresses, televisions, mirrors, dining tables, refrigerators and dining chairs

There were a few reasons for us doing this. The main one being to help the environment and the second being a cost saving on materials to our clients as opposed to using cardboard and paper packing blankets.

All of our Quilted are made of Defendaguard with nylon inner layer. Materials proven to protect items safely and quickly.

All covers are machine washable and will be used many many times by us before they ever get recycled when finished with