So, you go to shop for new gadgets, devices and appliances and you see Energy Star labels everywhere, but you don’t know what they mean. You may know you’re making a good choice for the environment and for your electric bill, but what’s the big deal?

The landfill typically is the place where discarded plastic goes to die, except it can take up to 450 years for it to decompose on its own. But, Rent-a-Green-Box, a company specializing in moving and packing supplies made from recycled materials, gives unrecycled plastic a new life with its Recopack moving crates.