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CARDBOARD RECYCLING
Commercial businesses typically deal with a lot of cardboard (OCC), which is one of the easiest materials to start recycling. That means there's a huge opportunity to reduce our environmental impact on forests and conserve our resources by partnering with a cardboard collection and corrugated recycling expert like RoadRunner.
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Recycled cardboard uses 25% less energy than that needed to create new cardboard
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Approximately 100 billion cardboard boxes are produced each year in the U.S.
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One ton of recycled cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil
- One ton of recycled cardboard also equals 9 cubic yards of landfill space avoided
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Tips for Cardboard Recycling
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Avoid Contamination: For pick up of cardboard boxes to run smoothly, it's important to keep cardboard isolated to avoid contamination from other waste materials.
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Break It Down: Cardboard is bulky and drives up your waste disposal costs. Breaking down boxes creates more space in your dumpster, reducing the number of times you need cardboard pick-up services and helping keep your cost of recycling down.
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Consider A Baler: If your business disposes of a hefty amount of cardboard, Roadrunner can help adjust your on-site cardboard removal services to include a cardboard baler that compresses and compacts your cardboard to reduce the space needed to hold the cardboard until you are serviced.
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WORKING WITH ROADRUNNER
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TRUE Advisors: Our TRUE Zero Waste Advisors will conduct a waste audit and set up the most efficient cardboard recycling program for each location across your business.
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Rightsized Services: Our custom programs ensure you have the right receptacles, the right cardboard recycling pick-up schedules, and the right operations for efficient cardboard collection.
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Education & Training: Our signage and training/educational materials ensure your valuable recyclables always end up in the right place and avoid contamination.
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Data-driven Insights: Our proprietary technology can provide you with location-specific data and reports on how much of each material you're recycling, identify potentially poor-performing locations and provide strategies to help course correct to better recycling.
SPEAK TO OUR WASTE + RECYCLING EXPERTS
Let's get the conversation started on how to drive recycling and cost savings for your business.