Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, ReBOX!

Mar 30, 2015

Boxes are a necessary part of the do-it-yourself moving and storage experience and at U-Haul we aim to provide the best in the industry. After all, boxes are what protect all of your prized possessions during moving or storing. We purposefully build boxes that are sturdy, durable and long lasting. Building durable boxes means U-Haul boxes may be used again and again before reaching the end of their life cycle. In order to keep our boxes in use and out of landfills we have developed a variety of box re-use programs.

100% Buyback Logo

100% Buyback Guarantee

With the 100% buyback guarantee you can feel comfortable buying plenty of boxes to ensure that you have all that you need on packing day. If you bought more boxes than you need, they can be returned unused with a receipt and you will be refunded for 100% of the purchase price. The 100% buyback guarantee helps eliminate stress, saves you money and keeps boxes and materials from being wasted.

 

 

Take a box, Leave a boxTake a box, Leave a box

Customers may pay a visit to any U-Haul Center or independent U-Haul Dealers and find the well-used  “Take a Box, Leave a Box” cardboard kiosk. As the name suggests, you can pick up free boxes left by other patrons or leave used boxes for other customers to re-use. This program is absolutely free and designed to reduce your moving expenses while also promoting reuse of our durable boxes. Nearly 1 million boxes are reused from these displays every year!

 

 

Customer Connect-Box SharingU-Haul Box Exchange

The U-Haul Box Exchange is a web platform designed to connect our customers in a market where they can buy, sell or trade used boxes. The U-Haul Box Exchange allows customers to sell or trade their boxes to other individuals after they no longer have need while also reducing moving costs for other customers. When a community utilizes a box until the end of its life cycle, resources are spared from new box production and box waste is reduced.

 

 

We hope that you have the opportunity to take advantage of one of the many box reduction and reuse programs. Once a box can no longer be reused it is also 100% recyclable.

Want to know exactly how sturdy and built for re-use our boxes are?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcja0wPhEKA?rel=0]

 

What are the benefits of a U-Haul box and how many uses can it withstand?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBAA7wPVyKM?rel=0]

 

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV98fHsH11s?rel=0]

 

This is a publication of U-Haul Corporate Sustainability

More articles like this one…

What’s New

ISS: Saving Self-Storage Integrity

ISS: Saving Self-Storage Integrity

U-Haul is solidifying customer trust in 2026 with a 1-Year Price Lock to provide tenants with cost certainty on their monthly storage rent. As the self-storage industry grapples with mounting legal challenges and growing scrutiny over its pricing practices, U-Haul CEO...

MSM: U-Haul CEO Joe Shoen Calls to End Deceptive Pricing Practices

MSM: U-Haul CEO Joe Shoen Calls to End Deceptive Pricing Practices

The U-Haul 1-Year Price Lock is disrupting the self-storage industry, drawing a clear distinction among the big operators and their strategies. Modern Storage Media interviewed U-Haul CEO Joe Shoen on the topic. From MSM … Joe Shoen is taking a stand. In our...

U-Haul Prepares 573 Meals at Andre House Dinner Service in Phoenix

U-Haul Prepares 573 Meals at Andre House Dinner Service in Phoenix

U-Haul® volunteers spent an evening supporting neighbors in need during an Andre House Dinner Service on Feb. 26 in Phoenix. A group of nine U-Haul Team Members gathered at Andre House to help prepare and serve a warm meal while assisting with dining room operations...

30 Days Free Storage Available to Kona Storm Victims across Hawaii

30 Days Free Storage Available to Kona Storm Victims across Hawaii

U-Haul Company of Hawaii is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box container usage to residents impacted by last week’s Kona Storm and preparing for the next round of severe weather. Torrential rainfall and hurricane-force winds produced flooding, landslides...

Sandra Sanchez Named 2025 U-Haul Volunteer of the Year

Sandra Sanchez Named 2025 U-Haul Volunteer of the Year

U-Haul® is proud to recognize Sandra Sanchez, a premium processor with Oxford Life®, as its 2025 Volunteer of the Year. The honor acknowledges her dedication to community service and commitment to helping others through volunteer work during the past calendar year....

MSM: U-Haul CEO Joe Shoen Calls to End Deceptive Pricing Practices

U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Storage in Kankakee after Tornado Damage

U-Haul® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container use at its Kankakee facility after a tornado that touched down Tuesday left a trail of damage across the city, which is located about 60 miles south of Chicago. A number of homes and businesses were...

U-Haul Resetting Storage Industry with 1-Year Price Lock

U-Haul Resetting Storage Industry with 1-Year Price Lock

U-Haul® announced today it is changing the self-storage industry with a 1-Year Price Lock Guarantee. The offer provides cost certainty to storage customers while Public Storage®, Extra Space Storage®, CubeSmart® and other national competitors advertise deceptive...