Go Green Box - Stress-free moving

Jeff and Landon
Go Green Box


If you want a stress-free, cost efficient, eco-friendly move, call Landon Eddleman and Jeff Byers at Go Green Box.

"It's absolutely the only way to go," Little Rock jeweler Mary Healey said.

"I've recommended them to people. I loved it."


Go Green Box is not a franchise, but a home-grown business created by Mr. Byers and Mr. Eddleman. They deliver reusable moving boxes and recycled packing paper to your door. The boxes are clean and easy to pack. They're all the same size, so you can stack them four or five boxes high. They are so tough, you can stand on them.

Ms. Healey said Jeff and Landon helped with her move a few months back. "They were very good about servicing them and letting me keep them longer. The boxes stack well, and the movers loved them."

Landon and Jeff brought over all the packing materials she needed "from peanuts to paper," Mary said. "They were just as easy to work with as can be.

"And, you're not killing any trees!"

That's a major consideration for many Arkansans who are interested in reducing their carbon footprints.

For Shannon Shenker of Landmark, after two other hectic moves, her main concern, unabashedly, was convenience.

"We moved three times in four months. It was just craziness. I have two kids and a Great Dane. After the second move, I called them. They were just great. They brought the boxes out the same day. It made moving so easy. I could do a box at a time and stack them back in the garage," Mrs. Shenker said.

"The same with unpacking. It was just a smoother process. It sounds funny, but it's just the perfect box. And the guys were just great. At one point I realized I needed more boxes, and they brought them out that same day with more packing material. I've recommended them to two or three friends who've moved."

Leasing Agreements
The two young men started their business in April 2010. Jeff had owned Fixed Rate Moving Inc., for several years, so they first began working with his customers and area apartments. Now, they are expanding the business through licensing agreements.

"We are creating a network of licensed Go Green Box dealers starting in the major Arkansas markets and expanding from there," Landon said. "Customers will be able to take our boxes to any city with a GGB dealership, and the local dealer will pick them up. We are finishing up the paperwork and will have licenses available soon."

Jeff's experience as a mover enabled them to create bundles of boxes that would fit almost anyone's moving needs.

The bundles start with the "studio" and go up to the extra large. Each has an appropriate amount of packing materials - recycled packing paper and "puffy stuff," a 100% biodegradable product made in Tennessee that is used instead of packing peanuts.

Landon said the boxes hold more than traditional cardboard moving boxes and start at only $1.89 per box, which includes free delivery and pickup.

"If you need 22, not 15 or 25, we can do that as well," he said. "If you need extra, it's just $2 for each extra one.

"One big thing that's included with this, we will drop them off at your current house. You pack and move yourself or pick a mover. And then, we will come back to your new house and pick everything back up, so there truly is zero waste with the move, and you don't have to worry about what to do with a big stack of cardboard boxes."

The smallest bundle of boxes is the "Studio," which includes 15 boxes. The largest bundle is 100 boxes, and there are several sizes in between.

Customers get to keep the studio and small bundle boxes for two weeks and all the larger packages for a month.

"If you need an extra week to unpack, just give us a call, and we can do an extra week for a small fee."

Besides the time savings and convenience, Go Green boxes can save you money.

"One thing that usually shocks people, we are typically quite a bit cheaper than using cardboard from a moving company or a box retailer," Landon said. For example, he quoted the price of a two-bedroom kit from another Little Rock company, and Go Green's price was 30 percent less.

What's wrong with just getting your boxes behind the liquor store and then recycling the cardboard?

Nothing, Landon replied. Free is good. But the boxes are not uniform size, often dirty, and though recycling cardboard is better than not recycling it, there are some drawbacks.

"With recycled cardboard, only about 40 percent of it is used. The other 60 percent is just sludge that is dumped into a landfill."

In addition, the Go Green boxes are sturdy and will take care of your possessions. "And each one is throughly cleaned and sterilized."

If you attend the Arkansas Earth Day Festival April 23 in Riverwalk Park in North Little Rock, check out the "box maze" Jeff and Landon are erecting for the kids' section.

For more information, call 1-888-417-3873 or GetaGreenBox.com.