Sustainability
Reducing our carbon footprint
Removals will never be a zero-impact business, but there's a lot a firm can do to waste less and recycle more. Here's where we make a genuine difference rather than just talk about it.
Small, practical steps that add up
Recycling old pianos properly. The biggest single thing we do is keep pianos out of landfill. As a licensed waste carrier, we dismantle every piano we collect into its main materials, the timber goes to a registered waste transfer station (usually becoming briquettes or other burnable material) and the cast-iron frame, strings and other metal are recycled separately. The result is that under 1% of the instrument, if any, ends up buried.
Reusing boxes and materials. Sturdy removal boxes have plenty of life in them, so we reuse and recirculate them wherever we can rather than treating packing as single-use. Good-quality materials that survive a move are used again, which cuts waste and keeps costs down for the next customer too.
Efficient loads and routes. Getting a move done in a single, well-planned trip with the right-sized van isn't just quicker for you, it means fewer miles, less fuel and lower emissions than repeated runs in an undersized vehicle. Sizing the job properly is something we've always done, and it's better for the environment as a by-product.
Dry indoor storage. Our storage is inside an insulated, brick-built warehouse rather than a fleet of outdoor metal containers. Sharing one well-built, efficiently-used building is a more sensible use of resources than sprawling rows of steel boxes, and it protects your belongings far better.
Dry indoor storage
Insulated, brick-built storage. A smarter use of space than containers.
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Sustainability: your questions
Do old pianos really get recycled?
Yes. We dismantle them and send the wood to a registered waste transfer station and the metal for recycling, so under 1% ends up as landfill.
Do you reuse removal boxes?
Yes. Good-quality boxes and materials are reused and recirculated wherever possible rather than thrown away after one move.
Is indoor storage more sustainable than containers?
We think so. One well-built, insulated warehouse used efficiently makes better use of resources than rows of outdoor steel containers, and it protects goods better too.
Are you carbon neutral?
We don't make that claim, moving vans use fuel. What we can honestly say is that we work to waste less and recycle more at every stage.
Got an old piano to recycle?
We'll collect it and make sure it's recycled properly rather than dumped. Get a price today.