Greener than Kermit after a kale and spinach smoothie. That’s what storing with Edinburgh Self Storage can mean for your home. It’s by choosing an eco-friendly storage solution like ours that you’ll help reduce that carbon footprint to a paw print.
Is self storage sustainable?
Yes. Reducing waste and supporting mindful consumption is how it’s done, because sustainable storage is about where you keep it as well as what you keep.
Using a self-storage unit can make a difference. Cutting waste helps conserve resources and encourage you to enjoy what you already own. You’ll be saying hello to a more organised, mindful and environmentally friendly way of life.
Don’t be a dumpty numpty
‘Trip to the tip’ guilt often hits after a declutter, because adding to landfill is the stuff of nightmares.
Using Edinburgh Self Storage gives you the wriggle room to mindfully declutter. Sounds like when Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin unconsciously uncoupled, and a bit airy-fairy, we know, but this is worth thinking about.
You can hold onto items you might still use or be able to repurpose or give away or sell, like seasonal décor, baby stuff, family furniture, without turning your home into Acorn Antiques.
Electro-life
When you store stuff like electronic gadgets, furniture and clothing properly, they last the distance like the Duracell bunny, rather than banish them to an unloved loft, shed, or damp and dingy garage.
Our units are perfect for keeping your belongings tip-top until the day you’re reunited, meaning fewer late-night online shopping bouts ordering stuff you don’t really need, and showing the planet some love into the bargain.
Solar cares
Heat pumps and loft insulation and solar panels are all great ways to send your carbon footprint not quite packing but knocking down a peg or two.
And you’ll need to clear a space for them too. It seems to fly in the face with energy-saving measures, to then go on a wholesale dump-fest when you can just as easily store them with us.
Once the job’s done, you can either ship them back in a more orderly way or keep them with us, to sell or donate once you’re ready.
Good circulation
Sustainability is about choosing quality over quantity and keeping stuff in circulation longer. You can still enjoy a shopping spree!
Maybe you’re part of some type of local community sharing network, or you lend tools and equipment to friends, but you’re not really enjoying the storage part. Hey presto! It’s Edinburgh Self Storage to the rescue once again.
You can keep community items in one accessible place, or rotate your own things in and out as needed, without giving your house a headache.
The Good Life
If you’re old enough to remember TV show, The Good Life, then you’ll know how much room and planning and equipment it takes to go back to nature and to live more sustainably and enhance well being.
If you’re harvesting what you’ve grown, you need somewhere to store all the containers, and your self storage unit can be an extension to your garage or under the stairs, but on a more industrial scale.
House trap
Downsizing your home can be good for your wallet and the planet. The trappings of a big house perhaps aren’t all that once you’re in it, what with all the expense and upkeep. It can feel more like a trap.
Perhaps you yearn for a more minimalist existence and yet, you aren’t quite ready to part with Auntie Mable’s bureau or Uncle Jock’s brass rubbings?
Edinburgh Self- Storage is ideal for this, or if you want to keep furniture for your kids, family, or for your future should your circumstances change once again.
The bad ship
The environmental impact of moving things back and forth is huge, say, if you’re between homes, renovating or living abroad for a spell. Shipping belongings or long-distance storage is a pain in the neck and entirely impractical.
Another reason it makes sense to use a trusted local self storage facility like Edinburgh Self Storage that cuts down on fuel, transport and packing and re-packing etc. Just think of how fewer emissions you’ll have on your conscience.
Sources:
wrap.org.uk
greenalliance.org.uk
energysavingtrust.org.uk
thezerowaster.com
circularonline.co.uk
