How Cardboard Is Recycled

Recycling CARDBOARD How It's Done Recycling cardboard will extend the life of our landfills exponentially, because 40 percent of the refuse in landfills is cardboard and paper. 1 Keep cardboard clean! Oily, dirty cardboard can't be recycled, so you need to find another home for your breakroom pizza boxes. CRI puts out bins, which are collected, 2 sorted and baled. They are then transported to a recycling plant. Once it's sorted and 3 sent to the paper factory, the paper is mixed with water in a huge blender. Clean pulp is then mixed with a small 4 amount of new wood pulp, to make cardboard stronger. INT The clean mixed pulp is then 5 pressed into forms or sheets, and then dried. Positive Effects of Recycling Cardboard This creates jobs in both IIlinois and Chicago itself, which in turn puts more money back into the city and state you love. To learn more about cardboard recycling in your workplace, contact CRI. CRI www.combinedresources.us Combined Resources, INC. 串