Eco Effort Awards
Published in Central Florida Lifestyle September 2010
The winners of our second annual Eco Effort Awards are all local companies that strive to reduce their carbon footprint and offer staff and community members alike ways to be more eco-friendly.
BungoBox
“Green” Efforts: Bob Cannon created and rents BungoBox reusable plastic bins as an alternative to the traditional disposable cardboard box and packing tape. When you reuse cardboard boxes, they can last for approximately four moves, the stronger, more durable BungoBoxes, can be reused several hundred times. After that, they are recycled and made into new bins.
Community impact: “We’ve been noticing people are embracing eco-friendly and sustainability,” says Cannon. “Landfills aren’t getting full, it’s supporting local business. It’s easy to buy a cardboard box, but not as easy to replace a tree. They are convenient, cheap and eco-friendly.”
Eco-inspiration: Cannon is an entrepreneur by nature and after 20 years in real estate decided he wanted to do something that would leave a legacy and create a business he could be proud of. He describes the idea of BungoBox as “so brilliant in its simplicity.”
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