Cardboard & paper
Cardboard and paper collected as a dedicated stream — baled or loose — and kept out of general waste, where it costs you most. Ideal for retail, hospitality and back-of-house with steady box volumes.
What belongs in your cardboard & paper bin.
Keeping streams clean is what makes your diversion rate real — here's the simple rule for this one.
✓ Goes in
- Flattened cardboard boxes
- Clean paper
- Packaging card and paper-based packaging
✕ Stays out
- Waxed or plastic-lined cardboard
- Food-contaminated card (e.g. pizza boxes)
- Polystyrene and plastic wrap
Cardboard & paper bins, sized to your site.
Cardboard cages and bins, front-load bins, or bale-ready setups for high-volume sites. Flatten to fit more in; collected on schedule or on-call after big delivery days.
Get a quote for cardboard & paper →Usually one of the largest, most visible wins in your diversion figures — reported as its own line so you can see exactly how much cardboard you're keeping out of landfill.
From first call to first report.
Site assessment
We check your volumes and access, then recommend the right bins.
Bins & signage
Delivered, placed and labelled so the right things end up in the right bin.
Scheduled collection
Reliable lifts on the days that suit you, weighed every time.
Monthly report
Your diversion data, emailed as a one-page PDF per site.
Cardboard & paper — your questions
Yes please — flattened cardboard means far more fits per bin and fewer collections, which keeps your cost down.
Yes. We can schedule around your delivery days or add on-call lifts so cardboard never piles up back-of-house.
Food-contaminated card goes in general waste — grease ruins a recycling load. Clean card only in the cardboard stream.
Other streams we collect.
Ready for collections backed by monthly diversion reporting?
Tell us about your site and we'll come back with a tailored quote — usually within one business day.