U-Haul Offers Eco-Friendly Holiday Gift Box and Packing Solutions

    
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<p><span class="xn-location">PHOENIX</span>, <span class="xn-chron">Nov. 29, 2010</span> /CNW/ -- Give the environment a gift this holiday season by purchasing sustainable products for wrapping and packing your holiday gifts. U-Haul holiday boxes come in red and green, with matching packing tape, all of which allows consumers to create a unique gift package that can go directly under the tree (or be shipped directly to the recipient), thereby eliminating the need for wrapping paper.</p>
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<p>U-Haul holiday boxes are made of up to 90 percent post-consumer content and meet UPS and FedEx shipping requirements, and come with a 100 percent nationwide buyback guarantee when returned unused with a receipt.</p>
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<p>Don't forget to protect your precious gifts with U-Haul packing peanuts, which are made from potato starch and are 100 percent biodegradable; or you can use Enviro-Bubble wrap made from recycled polyethylene.  Use U-Haul rental furniture pads, made from recycled denim, for larger gift items such as furniture, expensive paintings, artifacts, etc., that you may need to transport or move for the holiday season.  The furniture pads are durable, washable and can be used over and over again.</p>
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<p>"All year round, U-Haul carries the widest selection of boxes with the best prices, including boxes to protect your holiday ornaments and store your Christmas tree for the next holiday season," exclaimed <span class="xn-person">Bob Wesson</span>, U-Haul vice president of retail sales. "Today, U-Haul provides a complete line of moving and storage products designed to protect your possessions and the environment, all available from your neighborhood U-Haul Center or online at uhaul.com."</p>
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<p>If you visit a U-Haul location, make sure to check out the Take a Box/Leave a Box display, which enables customers to return their reusable boxes and allow other customers to take them as needed - FREE.  You may get lucky and find some holiday boxes available for reuse - for FREE.</p>
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<p>But most importantly, please remember this: After unwrapping presents this holiday season, instead of throwing your reusable boxes into the recycle bin, please drop them off at the nearest U-Haul location and allow another family to reuse the box, free of charge. You can also offer the boxes to others (or find some) by logging on to <a href="http://www.uhaul.com/boxexchange">www.uhaul.com/boxexchange</a>. After all, reuse always beats recycling.</p>
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<p>To learn more about U-Haul sustainability practices, log on to uhaul.com/sustainability.</p>
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    About U-Haul
    
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<p>Since 1945, U-Haul has been the best choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,800 locations in all 50 <span class="xn-location">United States</span> and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 101,000 trucks, 76,000 trailers and 34,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 395,000 rooms and approximately 35 million square feet of storage space at nearly 1,090 owned and managed facilities throughout <span class="xn-location">North America</span>. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues as one of the nation's largest retailers of propane.</p>
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<p>U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up in the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material and packing peanuts that are 100 percent biodegradable.  Learn more about these facts and others at uhaul.com/sustainability and youtube.com/watch?v=j304SJsKBB8.</p>
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    Contact:
    Joanne Fried
    Ashleigh Wagner
    U-Haul Public Relations
    [phone]
    [email protected]





    

For further information: Joanne Fried or Ashleigh Wagner of U-Haul Public Relations, [phone], [email protected] Web Site: http://www.uhaul.com