Our Bio-Diesel Tendencies

Monday, June 29th, 2009
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Here is a picture of Brian Barr, Manager for FROGBOX Seattle, in front of a Propel Fuels bio-diesel station. In both Seattle and Vancouver, FROGBOX uses bio-diesel fuel to power our trucks. Companies like Propel Fuels are passionate about finding ways to make alternative fuels available to the masses at almost the same price, and […]


Record Month!

Monday, June 29th, 2009
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FROGBOX had yet again our biggest month ever for business in Greater Vancouver, let alone an amazing first few weeks in Seattle. More and more people are renting plastic boxes for moving versus buying new or dumpster diving for used cardboard.


1.5M Cardboard Boxes per Month

Monday, June 29th, 2009
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Pictured above is Jeff Hill, Operating Partner for Seattle. He's showing that a cardboard box can be used twice for moving, while one FROGBOX can be used up to 400 times before its recycled. In our estimation, Greater Vancouver uses about 450,000 cardboard boxes per month for moving, and Seattle uses about 1 million. That's […]


SAVE THE FROGS! on KING 5 TV

Monday, June 29th, 2009
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We helped Dr. Kerry Kriger get a story on King 5 TV about what he's doing to help preserve the rapidly declining global frog population. Dr. Kriger says that 1/3 of the 6,000+ known amphibian species around the world are on the verge of extinction.


Time to Make Seattle Cardboard-Free!

Monday, June 1st, 2009
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FrogBox is open in Seattle!   Jeff Hill, who also runs a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchise, is leading the charge from Everett to Tacoma. We are pumped to see how quickly Seattle abandons cardboard for moving.  Did you know that over 1 MILLION boxes are used every month by Seattleites for moving?  That's a lot of trees. I […]


A Worthwhile Day Trip

Monday, June 1st, 2009
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Last month FrogBox donated some money to the Oregon Spotted Frog Husbandry Program at Mountain View Conservation.  Afterwords, we went on a tour of Mountain View, guided by Andrea, who runs the OSF program. I highly recommend visiting Mountain View!  It is open to the public and is like nothing you've ever seen. The site […]


David Suzuki tips on lowering your environmental impact

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
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If your interested in tips on how to lower you environmental impact check out the Suzuki report on Vancouver radio station 100.5 The Peak. It airs at 9:20 AM weekdays. The Suzuki report is a common sense daily message from Canada's best known scientist, environmentalist, and broadcaster. Dr. David Suzuki has 30 years of award […]


Springtime Sustainability Events

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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As spring finally rolls into Vancouver, not only do we get some nice weather, we have the opportunity to attend some great events that focus on sustainability. Here are some of our favourites. Please stop by and say hello if you make it out.       Cheers, The FROGBOX Team Earth Day –April 18th There are […]



TOP Ten Reasons to Use FROGBOX

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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Here is what our customers said were the best features of using FROGBOX: We drop them off at your house You don't need to assemble and tape boxes They stack neatly inside of each other when they are empty Reusing products is more environmentally friendly than recycling They are more sturdy than cardboard boxes They […]