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Residential recycling and disposal search tool

Cardboard boxes

How to recycle cardboard boxes

Cardboard boxes (flatten)

Cardboard boxes (flatten)

Packaging boxes (flatten)

Packaging inserts

Cardboard boxes (flatten)

Examples of boxes

  • Cardboard boxes
  • Moving boxes and shipping boxes 
  • Packaging boxes and inserts
  • Drink flat trays
  • TV boxes

  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put empty and clean cardboard boxes:

  • Into your blue cart for recycling
  • Take to a community recycling depot

Special instructions

  • Remove as much tape and labels as possible from the box and put the tape in the garbage.
  • Flatten cardboard and fold or cut as needed - all material must be inside blue cart with the lid closed.
  • Take oversized cardboard pieces to a community recycling depot.

For businesses

If you are a business with cardboard materials to recycle, please visit Know Before You Throw, our business waste search tool tailored to meet the needs of property managers, businesses and organizations.

Map of community recycling depots

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