Cardboard is a paper product made from wood fibers that go through a pulping process, and it’s a perfect material for recycling.

1. Conserve Forests

When we recycle cardboard we get long, strong paper fibers that can be used many times and made into more cardboard.

This reduces our need to cut down trees to make cardboard from raw materials. 

Recycling one ton of cardboard can save 17 trees.

2. Save Energy

Making cardboard from raw materials is a longer and more complicated process than making it from recycled cardboard.

When we make cardboard from wood, we waste more energy and resources. 

Recycling one ton of cardboard can save 4000 kW of electricity and 6.6 million Btu’s (British thermal units) of energy.

3. Reduce Pollution

When making cardboard from wood, you have to turn the wood into pulp.

This process creates a gas that causes acid rain, sulfur dioxide. 

When we recycle cardboard instead of using wood, we can cut the sulfur dioxide pollution by 50%

4. Reduce Landfill

When you recycle your cardboard, it’s getting reused instead of going to a landfill. 

Landfills are toxic for the environment because they pollute water and air. 

Recycling one ton of cardboard can save 9 cubic yards of landfill space.

5. Reduce Greenhouse Gases

When cardboard is sent to landfills, it eventually breaks down and releases the greenhouse gas, methane. 

Methane absorbs the sun’s heat and warms the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.

6. Save Water

The production process of making cardboard from wood requires a lot of water.

Whereas recycled cardboard has already been through that production stage.

You save approximately 7000 tons of water for every ton of cardboard you recycle.

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