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When we moved here 19 years ago I didn’t want cardboard boxes in the basement so I got the vinyl containers with snap on lids. They are still there as well as the ones I have stacked in closets. Except for a few cardboard boxes if I want to send something I throw the rest away.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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We fold up the larger ones for a future move, by the rest get cut by utility knife into small enough pieces to easily fit into the recycling bin, That gets picked up weekly and we almost always have it full by that day. Sometimes it takes some work cutting up a box, like when you buy a big TV, bathroom vanity, or office chair.
i dont recycel, it not worth my time or money to drive half way acoss town to the recycle yard, that land fills it anyway. i know that sounds wrong but its reality
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Originally Posted by b29510
i dont recycel, it not worth my time or money to drive half way across town to the recycle yard, that land fills it anyway. I know that sounds wrong but its reality
No home pickup there? We have a garbage bin, larger recycling bin, and a yard waste bin that are emptied by the garbage trucks every Thursday. In some cities, like Seattle they will actually fine you for putting recyclables, yard or food waste into the garbage.
Cardboard is a 100% naturally recyclable material made from 100% naturally recyclable trees. It has exactly zero effect on CO2 levels (if you are mis-informed and think that's important) and the trees are grown as a crop intended to be used for industrial purposes (ie- no natural forest is being destroyed for that purpose). Nothing bad.
In the Bigger Picture, more boxes means we're carrying on more commerce. More commerce means we're providing more jobs. More jobs means a higher standard of living for more people. All good.
At end of usefull life, boxes should be used as noted by so many posters earlier here in ways that let them deteriorate naturally. Excess boxes should be incinerated rather than be llowed to stagnate indefinitely in a landfill taking up space where oxygen can't get at them to break them down.
We are Seniors living in a rural area so do a lot of ordering online. Everything has to fit in the recycle can. Private garbage service won't get out of their truck to pick up anything on the street.
Some of these boxes are so hard it's very difficult to break them down enough to put into the recycle can. I learned something from our new neighbors. Leave them outside when it rains. They will fall apart and can easily be crushed enough.
My problem is getting online food delivered in those styrofoam containers with dry ice. Can't recycle, but cannot fit into garbage can. I tried with a meat cleaver to cut up, but couldn't. I wonder if they will break down in the rain too?
We are Seniors living in a rural area so do a lot of ordering online. Everything has to fit in the recycle can. Private garbage service won't get out of their truck to pick up anything on the street.
Some of these boxes are so hard it's very difficult to break them down enough to put into the recycle can. I learned something from our new neighbors. Leave them outside when it rains. They will fall apart and can easily be crushed enough.
My problem is getting online food delivered in those styrofoam containers with dry ice. Can't recycle, but cannot fit into garbage can. I tried with a meat cleaver to cut up, but couldn't. I wonder if they will break down in the rain too?
Use a bread knife on the styrofoam, or an electric carving knife if you have one.
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