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Empty. Flatten. Recycle

When it comes to recycling packaging, it’s really quite simple. Just empty and flatten your boxes before you recycle — you’ll help us get more cardboard back and then we can make new boxes. Easy!

Empty

Remove any packing material and product packaging

Take out all that non-paper stuff, like Styrofoam and packing peanuts. It makes flattening the box easier and stops anything we can’t recycle from getting in the way. But recycle any paper-based fillers — we like them.

Flatten

Safely break down the box at every corner

Unflattened boxes take up valuable space in bins and recycling trucks. Pull or cut through any tape and break down the boxes at every corner until flat. Don’t worry about tape or labels, we can deal with them.

Recycle

Place the flattened box in your home's recycling bin

Two-thirds of all paper in the U.S. is recaptured through recycling, helping us make new paper and packaging from recycled material. Be a papertarian and make recycling paper part of your daily routine.

Be a Papertarian

Online shopping has increased the number of boxes ending up in our homes, with many heading straight to landfills. By becoming a proud papertarian and making recycling boxes second nature, you can help take care of the planet!

Papertarian

noun

1.

a person who lives a paper-based lifestyle, including choosing paper products and practicing proper recycling

Use in a sentence:
Papertarians understand the positive impact that small, everyday choices have on our forests and the environment.

Did you know?

Pizza Boxes

Pizza boxes can go in the recycling bin in most jurisdictions

Tape & Labels

There’s no need to remove tape and labels

Wrapping Paper

Recycle wrapping paper, just not paper with foil

Paper Tubes

Paper towel tubes and toilet paper tubes can go in too

Paper Cups

Check if your local guidelines allow paper cups in the recycling bin

Paper Padded Envelopes

Paper padded envelopes and mailers without bubble wrap lining should go in with your other paper recycling.

5 Tips to Being a Papertarian

Follow these five easy, practical tips to make recycling an automatic part of your daily routine.

  1. KNOW YOUR RECYCLING DAY
  2. KEEP RECYCLING BINS AT HOME – IN A COUPLE OF CONVENIENT LOCATIONS
  3. PUT A LIST OF WHAT MATERIALS YOUR JURISDICTION ACCEPTS NEAR THE BIN
  4. GET EVERYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD TO PITCH IN – THE MORE RECYCLERS, THE BETTER
  5. AVOID THROWING RECYCLABLES IN THE TRASH

Like the cotton fibers that make up your jeans, the fibers that make up paper and corrugated boxes can be reused — up to 7 times! By becoming a papertarian, you’re giving paper and boxes new life.

Take the Papertarian Pledge

Show the world you’re proud to be a papertarian and help us take care of the planet.

Take Pledge

Visit howlifeunfolds.com to learn more about how your choices help you become a force for nature!

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