Freebie Alert: Redbox, Or Should We Say Greenbox?

I'm sure many of us have rented a DVD or video game from a Redbox Kiosk at one time or another.  But how many of you have thought that you were helping the environment when doing this?  I consider my Redbox movie rental to be green living. 


First of all, renting reduces the amount of DVD's that are manufactured, thus decreasing pollution and carbon footprint associated with the manufacturing process.  Also, if you buy a movie that you haven't seen yet, you may watch it and decide you don't want to keep it.  Then what do you do with it?  Best of all, if you rent rather than own, you eliminate the storage needs for a movie that you'll probably only watch a few times during the time you own it anyway.

Second, Redbox kiosks are stratigically placed in convenient locations like grocery stores, drug stores, fast food restaurants, and gas stations -- and you know how helpful that is for us lazy people.  This allows us to complete multiple errands with only one stop.  In turn, it reduces the amount of driving around town which lowers emissions and carbon footprint even further.

Lastly, it requires significantly less electricity, energy, and manpower to operate a kiosk versus brick and mortar store.  With a kiosk, there is no need for employees to monitor the store during business hours, no requirements for water, electricity, lighting, heating/cooling, etc.

If this discussion has inspired you to stop and help the environment next time you're out at the store, click here for an offer to make the deal even better.  Note that this offer is good for new accounts only.   


How about you:  Do you ever rent from Redbox?  Or do you prefer to go to a video store to select and rent movies?