If it’s come time for your office to move, then you know the drill—you buy hundreds of boxes; stuff them full of papers, electronic equipment and tchotchkes; move said boxes; empty the boxes; and recycle (hopefully you don’t throw them away!) perfectly good once-used boxes. And, until now, there really hasn’t been another choice but to waste hundreds of boxes for a move—after all, it’s unlikely that you’re going to go dumpster diving for boxes at the local grocery store for the sake of your entire office.

Thankfully, there is finally another option. Rather than buying all of your boxes at Office Depot or Staples, you can buy them at UsedCardboardBoxes.com (www.usedcardboardboxes.com), where all of the boxes are “rescued” and resold. So, instead of cutting down trees for your next move, you can use boxes that are previously used, factory misprints, overruns or customer returns. You may end up with boxes that are printed on or have handwriting or packing labels on them, but other than that they are in perfectly good shape. The best part is that these boxes cost less than new boxes, so you also save money in your move. And most boxes will arrive at your doorstep within two days of ordering.

Of course, to pack breakable items, remember to use earth-friendly packing materials. While you and your staff go through files, shred all of those papers that would end up in recycling and use the shreds as packing material. If you do need to buy additional packing material, buy biodegradable packing peanuts, which dissolve in water and leave no toxic waste, or recycled packing peanuts, which are made from the remains of other loose fill. And if you need to buy bubble wrap, make sure it is also made of recycled materials.

Recycled packing materials are easy to find—they are at all standard office supply stores. Biodegradable packing peanuts may take a little more work to track down, but it shouldn’t be too hard. If your local office supply store doesn’t have them in-stock, then www.staples.com likely does.