Hi Ryan- we offer all Earth Friendly Moving clients the IRS charitable tax deduction form 8283, as well as general information on how to donate specific items (electronic equipment versus an old couch). I agree that when people pack and move- a lot of good items are left behind and go to the landfill. Whenever we see excess property, we make a point to contact local charities that can benefit from these goods. We have even called local churches and charity organizations to help our clients find good use to their excess property. We do this as a proactive service and our clients love when they get a call from a organization that can help them lighten the load! The most recent example was a local clothing designer that had hundreds of samples in her garage when she moved. After her garage/sample sale, we offered a few local numbers and she donated the clothing to a local charity based on our information. Extending the life of any used property ( new or used) is part of the 4 R’s of recycling and we encourage it with every client. We have a company tag line that says “Detox 4 landfills” and not offering earth friendly moving clients this tax deduction opportunity, to claim a deduction for property donated, defeats the original purpose/intent of detoxing our landfills. I think that you have a great point here and we will build in a web link on the updated website that offers all of these forms and direct phone numbers to reputable charities! I have attached the link to obtain the most current copy of the form that we supply to our clients:http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8283.pdf Thanks for taking the time to point out that reducing our landfills also requires proactive effort with everyone involved during a client’s relocation! Spencer Brown founder of earth friendly moving

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8283.pdf

Thanks for taking the time to write a post and to suggest a few ideas for earth friendly moving. To date, we have 1,700 Recopacks being rented by a L.A. movie studio for a pilot show that is still filming. They love the Recopacks and have booked 4,000 for a movie coming out in 2008! The grocery stores bins that you mentioned are made from virgin material in bright colors that last about 2 years in service- this material is made from oil and does not reduce our dependence on oil and the material is typically remade into park benches. The Recopack is made from hard to recycle HDPE#2 plastic bottles-typically everything that you find under your kitchen sink,laundry room or garage. These bottles are miracle plastics- as they are stronger than the chemistry they hold. Because of the engineered strength of this hard to recycle plastic, the Recopack will last up to 400 moves- or 10 years in service and rents for 15 cents a day. If you compare this to a cardboard box that costs between 2 and 3 dollars, used maybe two times, and then tossed- expanding our landfills- The Recopack is the solution. When they are aged or broken, we regrind the material and capture 98% of the recycled plastic and remold another Recopack. It’s a cradle to cradle product and it’s “Detox 4 landfills”. I’m glad that you love the earth friendly moving color pallet and we will have a green colored Recopack by end of this year to better define that it’s a green product! The 300 sd Mercedes Benz car is used by our eco- agents to promote earth friendly moving and the Recopack. These custom cars operate on 100% veggie oil and bio diesel! As far as moving clients property as a full service system, we feel that it is best left to the movers and their expertise and management of labor. Our intention from the beginning was to provide America with a green, earth friendly alternative to the cardboard box- because if you think about it- without trees, we’re all fish out of water! Thanks- Spencer Brown founder of earth friendly moving.

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Spencer Brown founder of Earth Friendly Moving