We are all about saving trees, but if you’d like to spread the good-n-green word by posting an Ideal Bite tip in a public place, we encourage you do so on recycled paper. Thanks and Happy Biting!

If 10,000 LA Biters use 10 large used or recycled moving boxes instead of new ones, we'll save 7,350 trees.

On average, CA homeowners move every 6 yr.

Get Used

The Bite:

Gotta bad habit of having your way with things and then kicking them to the curb? Next time you need a box (or several), opt for ones from Used Cardboard Boxes, which rescues gently used boxes returned by customers and new-but-misprinted boxes that companies won't use. Pick up a few for shipping, or order a handy moving kit - boxes, packing tape, sharpies, and box openers included - for less than you'd spend on new and without the pain of guerrilla box theft from behind liquor stores (maybe that's just us?). To boot, UCB donates part of its profits to TreePeople to plant trees locally. We just got used (and liked it).

Wanna Try?

Used Cardboard Boxes, (1-888-BOXES-88). Pack Rat Bedroom or Office Moving Kit, $109.

View this tip online at http://www.idealbite.com/tiplibrary/losangeles/get_used

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