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Box Recycling
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What is the Value of Cardboard?
Like any recyclable commodity, the market price fluctuates. The
factors that affect the price of corrugated cardboard include mill
capacity, the general provincial and national economic health,
expanding recycling programs (such as the municipal blue box
programs) and material bans.
Tips..
Reuse
Build a kids playhouse (appliance boxes).
Create crafts such as airplanes, doll cribs, robots or
mobiles.
Use boxes for storage clothes, mementos, moving,
camping gear, magazines.
Save boxes for wrapping gifts when required you can
decorate the box with ribbons or leftover paint.
Find new uses for boxes that saves you money such as
turning a box into your desk-side recycling container at
your home office.
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Recycle
Ensure that you remove any contaminants and excessive tape.
Flatten and place in the appropriate recycling container or take
to a depot.
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