Recycling Cardboard

Cardboard can be recycled in many ways. Cardboard boxes can be recycled when it's dry and clean. It is important to create a system that keeps the cardboard boxes clean and dry. Keep the cardboard boxes clean and dry because when the cardboard boxes got contaminated by chemicals, food items or other substances, the overall value of the cardboard decline. Try to prevent contaminated cardboard to mixed in with clean material or consider dirty boxes together to sell as a separate batch of recycling. Keeping the cardboard dry is very important.

There are 2 kinds of cardboard boxes. The corrugated cardboard and paperboard.

·         Corrugated Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard is used to make brown packing boxes. It identifies by the wavy inner layer of cardboard. It is three-layer sandwich cardboard.

     Paperboard

It is also called chipboard. It is a single layer of grey cardboard that used to make things like cereal boxes, shoe boxes and other packages.

There are many reasons why we need to recycle cardboard. Some of the reasons are for good business practices and some are selfless and the other reasons are:

1. Over half of the cardboard collected is used to make new cardboard boxes. Additional cardboard can be downstairs into paperboard that used for cereal boxes or chipboard that used for shoe boxes.
2. Making 1 ton of virgin cardboard requires 3 tons of trees.
3. Recycling 1 ton of cardboard eliminate 3 to 9 cubic yards of landfill space.

When it comes to recycling cardboard, there are a few preparations that make the process more effective, efficient and most importantly, profitable. Since most cardboard is used for shipping you need to remove any shipping materials such as packing peanuts, plastic bags and bubble wrap. Check out here the top 3 recycling cardboard preparation.

1. Use a knife or scissors to cut any tape that used to seal the top and/or bottom of the box.
2. For boxes that contained huge items, you need to fold or cut the flattened box in half for it to fit in the recycling cart.
3. For boxes that are food-soiled such as pizza boxes. You need to cut out any oil stains before recycling.

      Recycling cardboard has many benefits, not just for us but also with our Mother Earth. Some of those benefits are:

1. Cardboard can be used in the compost pile.
2. It can also use to line garden beds or for weed control.
3. It can reuse as a cardboard box for shipping or storage.
4. Recycling cardboard can be a way to turn trash into revenue.
5. Recycling cardboard improves water conservation.
6. Recycling cardboard reduces energy use.
7. Recycling cardboard helps curtails global warming.
8. Recycling cardboard prevents deforestation.
9. Recycling cardboard help to keep our Mother Earth healthy.

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