Boxes Near Me Launches Arizona Program To Buy Reusable Cartons

PHOENIX -- Now available to the vending industry in Arizona is a service that buys and sells used shipping cartons and pallets for prices higher than those offered by traditional recycling companies. It's provided by Boxes Near Me, a company formed by vending industry innovator David Levine. At present, it is a pilot program being run in Arizona.

Levine started Boxes Near Me just over two years ago, and it has been growing rapidly. The company specializes in buying and selling used cardboard boxes, pallets and packing supplies, rather than recycling them in the traditional way.

"The vending industry produces boxes that are great for reboxing," Levine explained. "So we are looking not just to vending company owners, but also bottlers and product manufacturers to supply us with the boxes that we need. It will be great for the environment, and much more lucrative than recycling cardboard."

Boxes Near Me is offering to evaluate boxes made available to it, free of charge, and then buy them either by weight or by the piece. "Right now, cardboard is being recycled at around $50 to $80 a ton, whereas we are buying boxes for twice that amount, and sometimes more," the company founder explained. "All that a seller has to do is break down the boxes, which must be in reusable condition and must have closeable lids."

Boxes Near Me then designates the boxes that interest it, so that the seller can palletize the boxes by size. "Once we collect the boxes, we will count them and send payment to the seller," Levine continued. "It may not seem like a lot of money, but in reality, the seller saves money on disposal fees as well as collecting money on the sale of the boxes -- much more than a traditional recycler would pay."

In addition, he pointed out, the program is very good for the environment because it helps reduce the industry's solid-waste stream.

Levine, a former vending operator, is well known for founding MB Media Brokers, which produced one of the first commercially available advertising screens for vending machines. "I look forward to working with our industry again," he concluded, "and I am not done changing the face of the vending industry yet."

Arizona-based vending businesses seeking to dispose of suitable boxes can contact Boxes Near Me LLC by calling (480) 332-0844.