


Cardboard Recycling
A high quality recycled resource
Cardboard is essentially ‘thick paper’ and it’s made from natural wood fibres which are a high quality recyclable resource. In the UK, cardboard has the highest recycling rate of any packaging in the world at approximately 80%.
Can be recycled 4-5 times
Cardboard when deemed surplus to requirement, follows an identical recycling route to paper, and due to the strength of the wood fibres the material can be recycled into new resource 4-5 times before they become too weak to reprocess. This reduces the need to use virgin wood material that is sourced from tree plantations across the world.
Contamination plays a key role in the resource recyclability too. Requirements for clean material put the onus on ourselves to ensure strict quality control is put in place to produce a better quality material.
Our cardboard recycling is committed to working together with UK businesses to help tackle these challenges head on. We aim to unearth and maximise the cardboard resource within your business through responsible, environment-first recycling.
Did you know…
In the United Kingdom, approximately 5 billion corrugated boxes are used per year, amounting to around 83 per person.
Our Service. Your Solution.
Whether you’ve got leftover packaging from purchases you’ve made, or you create cardboard as a bi-product of your day-to-day operations, we can take this off your hands – giving you back your valuable warehouse, yard or office space.
- We collect and recycle all cardboard, or alternatively you can bring it to one of our depots. We simply ask that the whole load is dry and free of food, grease and chemicals.
- You don’t have to worry about removing staples, tape or any paper labels from the cardboard, we’ll sort this out at our end.
- We have no limit on collection quantity, we’ll collect as much as you need us to.
- We will provide you a variety of storage containers to fit your needs, including roll cages, weatherproof 1100L bins and small balers.
- We will organise a collection frequency to suit your business and protect the material.
- If you’re a larger retail complex or factory, we can provide you with compaction equipment, balers and hook lift container bins to help increase your storage capacity and, at the same time, reduce collection frequency and costs.
Loop Closed. Resource Recycled.
How we add value to your business…

BOOSTED
RECYCLING
We will help boost your recycling rates.

REUSING
RESOURCES
We will help you divert resource from landfill.

ENHANCING
BUSINESS VALUES
We help you do more for the environment.
Printwaste’s Quick and Easy Recycling Service
Join the 1000’s of businesses who rely on Printwaste to look after their business recycling and confidential shredding needs.