Information on Recycling Cardboard Boxes

In today's world, "going green" is a way to help save the planet. One of the ways to accomplish that is to recycle cardboard boxes. According to Cardboardrecycling.org, "For every 1 ton of cardboard that we recycle we can save 9 cubic yards of landfill space." However, cardboard boxes must be recycled properly and not all boxes can be recycled. Therefore, knowing information on recycling cardboard boxes is imperative before deciding whether to recycle or throw away the boxes

Types

• There are two types of cardboard boxes. The first type is paperboard, which consists of lightweight cardboard. The majority of food in boxes purchased at the supermarket comes packaged in paperboard. The other type is corrugated cardboard, which has two thin outer layers with a thick wavy inner layer to make it strong. The main use of corrugated cardboard is for making shipping boxes.

  

  
  

Identification

• So many things come in cardboard boxes, like packages in the mail, food such as cereal and pasta, even delivered pizza. It can sometimes be confusing as to what cardboard boxes can be recycled and which ones cannot. All corrugated cardboard boxes can be recycled as long as they have not gotten wet. Dry paperboard, such as what cereal comes in, can actually be recycled with paper since it is so thin. However, paperboard boxes that go in the refrigerator or freezer should not be recycled because of the wax coating on them. Throw wax-coated boxes in the trash

Recycling 

For nowdays we use balers compacting and recycling cardboard box,like the HBM-63S is the enerpat brand horizontal balers for making the mill sized bales.