Ask your local supermarket for free cardboard boxes Supermarket stock, especially fresh produce, is delivered to stores in cardboard boxes. Ask your local supermarket if they have any large cardboard boxes for you to use. If you take their boxes, they have less to dispose of, so it's win-win! They sell in bulk and should have plenty of cardboard boxes for you to take.
Ask your local print shop Printers have reams and reams of paper delivered, all packaged in large, strong cardboard boxes. Give your local shop a ring and ask if you can have some — it will reduce their waste disposal bill, too! Ask your local school Schools go through lots of paper, and lots of other stationery supplies; they also take delivery of large amounts of food and even furniture.
Give them a ring and ask if they have any boxes you could use. Many are flattened down but can easily be returned to their original shape and strengthened with packaging tape. Just be careful to choose boxes that are clean and dry. No, but their food, water containers, toys, beds, etc. Go check out your local PetSmart and ask the manager if they have any boxes you can snag. Walmart is the holy grail of finding boxes. They have every size, shape, type, or cardboard weight you can imagine!
Weekdays are when Target gets the biggest shipments in. If you call ahead they will even set aside the boxes for you at the customer service desk. Call ahead and speak with a WinCo produce manager or a stocker someone who stocks the shelves with the merchandise.
They can set aside a couple boxes for you. Costco is known for reusing their boxes or repurposing them for other uses. However, if you call ahead of a shipment then you could snag a bunch before they all get used up! This is an awesome classifieds mobile app for finding free moving boxes and other free and for sale items.
Check it out! Facebook Community Groups are amazing! Find some on Facebook, and you will be pleasantly surprised how nice people will be to those asking for help! Join an online Freecycle group, then create a post about how many moving boxes you need!
If there are any available you will have many response within the hour. These are people who care about making the most use out of their boxes and the environment. They will be more than willing to just pass on the boxes to you! Heaven of all things cheap and inexpensive, including thousands of free moving boxes. Dollar Tree is one of the biggest dollar stores you should check out. Also heaven to thousands of boxes.
Just show up and ask for the boxes, they always have tons. Same as PetSmart; find all sorts of weird shapes and sizes here! Free moving boxes come in abundance. Try out Neighbor — dubbed the Airbnb of storage for a reason. Large boxes with lots of stuff means carrying something very large and sometimes awkwardly-shaped. It means fewer trips, but those trips are harder—sometimes impossible! Only get the amount of large boxes you need, and never fill them full of books.
Before going out to get cheap moving boxes, look around your house and evaluate how much stuff you have and how you plan on moving it. Lamps, depending on their size, might be safer moved outside a box. Also look at the storage options you already have. You can pack a laundry basket full of clothes or a trash can full of cleaning supplies. This leads to fewer boxes you have to pack. While you survey your home, look for the most weird shaped things, the things that gave you problems the last time you moved, or things that you are planning on moving but not packing like a broom, for instance.
This will help you figure out how many large or weird shaped boxes you will need. Remember that it is okay to have a lot of small and medium sized boxes and it actually makes it easier to pack the moving van. Medium boxes are for the majority of your packing needs. These will be your go-to boxes for the most part. Small boxes are perfect for books, heavy objects, keepsakes, fragile china and other glass objects. They are also good for the random drawer of knick-knacks that you have been telling yourself for years that you are going to sort and purge.
There are also wardrobe boxes which let you transport hanging clothing still on the hanger, though it is also handy to simply fill up suitcases, duffel bags and laundry baskets with clothes. Another way to transport clothes is in their drawers. Take the individual drawer out of your dresser and put a couple of strips of packaging tape across to create a loose grid.
An instant box with no unpacking necessary. When moving day comes, simply pull all the drawers out, move the dresser into the van, and replace the drawers. Smaller boxes will work the best, but you might need to sneak larger books into a medium sized box.
Try and spread out the heavier textbooks or anthologies among a few different boxes. As a rule of thumb always store or pack books upright like on a shelf, laying on their side like on a desk , or spine down. Never pack them spine up so you can see the titles. The pages are so heavy that storing them this way will literally pull the binding apart and damage the books. This is especially true if you are planning on putting them in storage. Start with the larger books and then slowly work your way to the smaller books.
Once the books are packed they can go anywhere in the moving truck. They make a really good solid base, but can also be placed anywhere to fill gaps. My new favorite friend to use when packing fragile items is bubble wrap! Offices I once moved the majority of my one-bedroom apartment using boxes found in my workplace.
If you work in a large office, chances are good that they have a recycling room somewhere in the building. Recycling drop off points Ever been to a recycling drop-off location? Most cities have multiple recycling drop-off locations that accept flattened corrugated cardboard. Grocery stores Both large grocery store chains and small grocers should have plenty of large boxes up for grabs. Freecycle Check the Freecycle network while looking for free boxes.
Similar to Craigslist, Freecycle is a great way to find free stuff in your community. All you have to do is sign up for free to join your local Freecycle community group. Schools Chances are good that there are multiple elementary, middle and high schools in your area. Call up the front office, and ask if they have any boxes laying around. The beginning of the school year is a good time to check, as the school will be getting a slew of book and school supply shipments in the fall.
Facebook Marketplace This popular social media networking site allows users to list and advertise items to anyone in the world. It also makes it easy to find local items available for easy pick-up. We recommend filtering the search by location, so that you can find free moving boxes in your general vicinity.
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