Company finds success in used cardboard boxes

Gas prices are high, the economy is in a slump and our negligence on the planet is at its worst. However, every cloud has a silver lining and UsedCardboardboxes.com (UCB) is definitely shining through.  Using a proprietary online system, UCB provides cost-conscious and eco-friendly customers with a gas-saving alternative to finding quality moving boxes. Nearly half of today’s discarded cardboard boxes are being sent directly to recycling centers, so typical “dumpster diving” box seekers are at an all-time disadvantage.  Recognizing the tremendous amount of energy wasted by used box seekers Marty Metro, founder and president of UCB, is educating consumers on the benefits of buying used cardboard boxes online, versus driving around aimlessly, searching behind grocery and liquor stores.   “With gas over $4.00 per gallon and most retailers baling their boxes for recycling revenue, people end up driving for hours, yet still not coming up with any boxes!  It’s not like the old days,” said Metro. Today, scrap cardboard is fetching over $100 per ton nationwide, so most companies bale their used boxes and send them straight to the recycler. This is great for the environment, but not so good for cost-conscious movers, looking for low-cost boxes.   Capitalizing on this economic sign of the time, Metro took his decade of technology experience and created a system to buy quality used boxes from large companies for more then the scrap recycling rate. UCB then uses the internet to sell those very same boxes to consumers, for less than new box prices. Through a national partnership with UPS, UCB offers free shipping to any residential address in the U.S.