What's the reason of
recycle cardboard?
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When cardboard breaks down in landfill it creates methane, a major greenhouse gas with the global warming capacity 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Cardboard is one of the easiest and most environmentally effective materials to recycle
recycle since the fibre in cardboard has already been processed. Therefore making cardboard products from
recycled material, rather than virgin fibre, saves not only trees, but also large amounts of water (up to 99%less) and energy (up to 50% less). Manufacturing from
recycle material also produces up to 90% less by-products such as chemical wastes.
For these reasons, it is important to
recycleyour cardboard and whenever possible to buy paper and cardboard products with
recycled content. For each kilogram of cardboard
recycled, you save up to one kilogram of greenhouse gases.
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How to
recycle cardboard Most local councils now collect household cardboard products for recycling in their kerbside collection. This includes greeting cards, cereal boxes, cardboard packaging and boxes, manila folders, foil and toilet rolls, and egg cartons. Pizza boxes may be accepted in council collections. Check with your council first and if they do accept pizza boxes make sure you remove food chunks. Keep cardboard recycling clean of food scraps, polystyrene and plastic, which can contaminate the process of recycling. Cardboard that has been contaminated with food scraps can be
recycled using a worm farm, bokashi bucket or compost heap – your compost heap and worms will love it! Wax-coated cardboard, like some fruit boxes, cannot be
recycled, dispose of this in your garbage bin. To confirm your council services, and to find cardboard dropoff locations in your local area, visit RecyclingNearYou.com.au
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