Tips on Recycling Cardboard

Cardboard is one of the most commonly recycled materials. Its durability, long fibers and overall high quality of cardboard allow cardboard to be recycled into an array of paper products such as new cardboard, paper, paperboard and more.

Cardboard Items That Cannot Be Recycled

• Pizza boxes (grease contamination)
• Boxes that have not been flattened and emptied out
• Wet boxes

Ways to Reuse Cardboard

1. In the garden – Layer cardboard in the garden to act as weed-controlling mulch.
2. For your compost – Cardboard works great in compost.  Use it to line the compost heap or layer it with wet grass cuttings.
3. For your pet – Shred cardboard to use as animal bedding.
4. Around the home – Research fun ways to create household objects using cardboard tubes.