Corrugated cardboard recycling is big business and takes up a lot of space otherwise

Corrugated cardboard that makes boxes is a big recycling item.

http://papertrail.com/cardboard_recycling.htm

I remember reading/hearing that recycling corrugated cardboard is another money-winner in the recycling game; I couldn't find clear confirmation of this so far. Japan supposedly relies totally on corrugated cardboard for paper production, because they don't have significant forest resources. It apparently is profitable, according to this Web page from Ohio:

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/17847/Default.aspx

So recycling corrugated cardboard makes economic and environmental sense. Another factoid for those with an "antisocial resistance" to recycling.


Here's some information about corrugated cardboard recycling:

Facts about recycling 1 ton of corrugated cardboard

Saves 17 trees from having to be cut down and used for pulp

Saves 7000 gallons of water

Cuts pollution 95%

Saves 11 barrels – 462 gallons – of oil

Saves more than 3 cubic yards of landfill space

Corrugated can be recycled an average of 7 times before the fibers become to short and they are filtered out as sludge during the pulping process. The sludge is then ready for disposal, but often has one more usage and that is as daily cover at landfills in place of soil.