Eco-friendly storage solutions 

Sometimes, eco-friendly solutions are in fact the simplest, everyday actions. Fortunately, there are many eco-friendly storage solutions out there that you can make the most of. It’s a case of thinking about what you can repurpose and reuse and turn into viable storage, and about the suitable sustainable materials you can use to help you do so.

At Magenta, we are firmly dedicated to helping the planet by focusing on becoming a carbon-neutral business and working with local charities and initiatives in the process. We have put our brains together to come up with a selection of sensible eco-friendly storage solutions.

Reuse tin cans

Tin cans are sturdy and resilient, therefore, they can be reused as storage pretty easily. So, don’t throw away those tin cans of soup. Wash them up and they can easily be reused to store stationery supplies in your home for instance.

Upcycle everyday items

Upcycling is the process of creatively reusing everyday items. Thinking about getting rid of an old CD/DVD tower for example? Stop right there. By putting your creative hat on and getting into a bit of DIY, you can transform a CD tower into bathroom storage for all your toiletries and bathroom items. 

Reuse plastic containers

Every year, around eight million tons of plastic waste finds its way into our oceans. Want to help save the planet? Then using single-use plastic is a big no-no. There are sustainable alternatives to using single-use plastics.

Using reusable plastic containers as storage is one of the simplest cost-effective ways to reduce the environmental impact of the packaging you use at home. You can reuse smaller size plastic containers to store things like food, or you can reuse larger plastic containers to store things like kids’ toys, clothes, books, or whatever fits and stores things away neatly. Got a bit of spare under-the-bed space that could be utilised as storage? Reused plastic boxes can make an excellent solution.

Make the most of reusing wooden crates 

Wooden crates are a fantastic eco-friendly storage solution due to their durability, availability, and just how easy they are to reuse. Why not try to politely approach local restaurants or bars to ask if they’ve got any spare wooden crates laying around for storing beverages or food that they’re thinking of throwing away soon? There’s no harm in you asking. 

What’s more, some wooden crates come in rather generous sizes. You’d be amazed at how many of your household belongings you could store in a wooden crate box.

Glass jars and containers

Simply by ensuring you reuse glass jars and containers for storage purposes at home, you could help to significantly reduce the amount your household contributes to the earth’s carbon emissions. 

You’ll find glass jars and containers ideal for storing pretty plants and flowers, paintbrushes, toothpaste, and toothbrushes. When it comes to the kitchen, glass jars and containers can be used to store breakfast cereals, sugar, beans and pulses, tea bags, and any other food supplies which can be safely stored at room temperature.

Another benefit of reusing glass as storage containers at home is that they’re really easy to clean in next to no time!

Hemp, seagrass, and rattan wicker wall hanging baskets 

Putting up hooks and pegs around your house will enable you to make the most of hanging basket storage, all while keeping your floor spaces at home nice and clutter-free.

Hemp wall hanging baskets are a clever sustainable storage solution for your home. Why hemp you may ask? Well, hemp is a regenerative fast-growing crop that uses very little water and doesn’t require the help of any pesticides. What’s more, hemp helps to enhance the general health of the soil around it. Therefore, we feel using hemp wall hanging baskets with fun designs is a smart eco-friendly home storage idea.

Another eco-friendly route is to put up wicker wall hanging baskets made from seagrass or rattan. Wicker wall hanging baskets look chic, and you can rely on them being strong enough to store a fair amount of items and standing the test of time since rattan and seagrass are durable sustainable materials resistant to staining and moisture. 

Rattan storage boxes 

There are a lot of home possessions you can store in a sizeable storage box. To make sure your clothes don’t still end up falling out everywhere, you may want to get a storage box with a lid. Rattan storage boxes (with or without lids) come in all different shapes and sizes and are able to take a fair bit of wear and tear.

Natural rattan is fully biodegradable and able to decompose without damaging the environment. So, you will also be looking after our planet by using rattan storage boxes.  

Reused canvas and denim tote bags

Tote bags made from recycled and reused materials make really useful shopping bags. But you can also use tote bags to store things in your home living space. Looking for somewhere to hang your shopping momentarily when you arrive home from doing a spot of food shopping? Put hooks and pegs around your house where you can place your sustainable tote bags.

Canvas and denim are two great examples of reusable eco-friendly materials you can use to make tote bags without a fuss.

Hire a storage unit from an eco-friendly self storage provider, like Magenta! 

Are you running out of space at home to store all your household belongings in an organised fashion? If so, hiring a self storage facility unit space from a reputable provider is a great idea. Why allow your home to overflow with household clutter when you can easily alleviate all this by hiring a self storage unit? 

Using a self storage unit may be all the more necessary for you if you work from home and require a spic and span organised home office space.

Constantly buying new things for your home is not good for the environment. Think about all the packaging that comes every time you buy an item of household furniture for instance. Reduce your waste by adopting more sparing and mindful shopping habits. Using a self storage unit will mean you avoid trips to the tip and putting so many household items into the landfill. You never know what you or someone else may find a good use for in the future, so there is no need to be hasty about chucking things away.   

Hiring a self storage unit from a local provider will also mean you are doing your bit to support a local business. At Magenta, we are proud to be a part of our local area and we make an effort to engage in the communities around our stores. Find out about where your local Magenta store is here. 

So, how exactly is Magenta an eco-friendly self storage provider you may want to know? 

At Magenta, we pride ourselves on being an eco-friendly flexible self storage provider and the perfect fit for all your personal and business storage needs.

Here are solid examples of the eco measures we have implemented to help us follow our green commitment and achieve our goal of becoming a carbon-neutral company:

• E-charging point for electric vehicles at all our stores (free of use for staff and customers)
• Paperless procedures, including copies of booking information for customers
• Solar panels are installed on the rooftops at all of our stores
• We support charity organisations focused on environmental change such as Alan’s Africa in Banbury, Box Aid at our Acton store, and RSPCA in Nottingham and Notts
• We have partnered up with the National Trust to fight deforestation by planting one new tree for every new customer we take on
• Electric vans for hire *coming soon* 

Here’s what our store manager Helen Tooby had to say about our eco-friendly storage solutions at Magenta: 

“In store, we are proud to be able to make immediate changes to improve our green commitment! We have stopped using printed header paper, offer e-booklets instead of leaflets and have recently started a box recycling scheme. As a store manager, I opted to switch my car to an electric vehicle using Magenta’s car scheme. This has helped me save money on petrol while improving my carbon footprint. I hope all these steps make for a better future”

Are you interested in using our eco-friendly self storage solutions at Magenta? You can contact us today by filling out an online form, dropping us an email at info@magentastorage.co.uk, or giving us a call on 0800 802 1360.