Why We Urgently Need Cardboard Recycling
One area of recycling that doesn’t get as much attention as it should is that of cardboard recycling. Cardboard, along with paper, comprises 41% of all municipal waste! So if we recycle cardboard, or just use less of it, we can have a significant impact on the environment.In fact, about 85% of product packages are composed of cardboard. That Lucky Charms Cereal you begged for as a kid? — Packaged in cardboard.
Fortunately, most cardboard can be recycled. However, that which is coated with wax, like milk cartons, or “chemically corrupted” items like those pizza boxes that served as sponge to the pizza’s oil, can’t.
Remember, when you recycle cardboard, not only do you put less in landfills, you also save trees as cardboard is created from raw pulp. Raw pulp is a tree extract. And when you save trees, you help preserve a major source of oxygen production in the world. Further, more trees just make the world a more beautiful place.
What Can You Do?
So what can you do? How can you make a difference and, in your own way, help solve the “cardboard problem”? For starters, look for products that use less cardboard in their packaging. Certainly, that’s not always possible. If your kid screams for Lucky Charms, you’re stuck with the Lucky Charms packaging. Thus, cardboard recycling is necessary.
You can often drop off your used cardboard at supermarkets, which will recycle it for you. Or contact your municipal government to see what cardboard recycling facilities are in your area. In addition, you might consider creating your own recycling, or “cardboard reuse”, program. You know, for example, those cardboard boxes that your shirts come back in from the dry cleaner? You could, for example, cut them up and use them as gift tags, or even, if you are creative, make holiday cards from them rather than purchase a holiday card made from, you guessed it, cardboard!
I read that with each ton of cardboard we recycle, we use less landfill space – 9 cubic yards! So let’s get to work and recycle that cardboard. Or, at the very least, not buy Lucky Charms.
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We have a business that has a empty room which is full of cardboard and we would love it if some one could come and pick it up for free, please contact me