Plastic Storage Bins - Friend or Foe?

When you're moving house or storing your home contents you are faced with the question of what to use for packaging materials. A lot depends upon the type of move - if you are moving within the same city and packing and unpacking within a day or two then the decision is not so important. If, however, you are moving interstate or will be leaving your home contents packed up for any length of time, then you want to make the best choice to limit damage to your possesions.

Plastic is currently undergoing somewhat of a hate campaign with zero-waste and plastic-free advocates in the forefront of media coverage on environmental sustainability. Our company is all about making choices that minimise the impact on the environment however we happen to also think that plastic storages crates are a good option when moving house and here's why.

Although they are made of plastic, they can be reused indefinitely whereas cardboard moving boxes and generally used once or twice before getting thrown away. In the long-term, if you keep the plastic storage boxes for use around the home then they should provide many years of use.

Additionally plastic storage boxes have a few more advantages over cardboard cartons.

• They are stackable - great for when you are moving as you can utilise the full height of the moving container or truck
• They are waterproof - any spills will be contained within one box rather than spreading through the whole load
• They usually have handles and are designed for use with a platform trolley for easy movement
• They come fully assembled - you don't have to tape them together.

So, our verdict is Yes - plastic storage bins are our friend! Particularly if you are doing an interstate /long distance or move requiring storage for any length of time.