How to Find Cardboard Recycling

Cardboard is a plant-based product manufactured in flat and corrugated forms usually as a packing material. Because it is plant-based, cardboard breaks down rapidly with exposure to water and usually doesn't require special recycling treatment unless coated with a plastic or wax. As a result, companies that recycle cardboard can reform it quickly into new cardboard or other plant-based products such as cup holders, paperboard and paper. Finding these companies shouldn't take much effort; most communities have a wastepaper recycling facility. If not, there are many other ways to recycle your cardboard.

Instructions

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  Contact your local recycling center's administrative office, or city, township or county office, and ask if cardboard recycling is offered through curbside or other recycling programs.

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  Ask the office contact for information about wastepaper recycling companies in your area if the municipality doesn't offer such services; or seek a referral from your local chamber of commerce.

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  Call the manufacturer of a consumer or business product and ask if recycling services are offered or if the company can recommend a recycler. For example, many computer manufacturers will recycle cardboard toner cartridge boxes when the customer sends the cartridge in for recycling.

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  Go to a recycling website such as Earth911.com or 1800recycling.com and perform a national search for cardboard recycling centers in your region.