Commercial Cardboard Recycling Services

Loose boxes take up space, block access routes, and quickly fill general waste bins. Wet or food-contaminated cardboard can also be rejected by recyclers, which makes it more expensive to deal with.

Business Waste arranges collections through licensed waste carriers and gives you one point of contact for bins, schedules and paperwork. If your volumes change, we can review the bin size or collection frequency.

Common cardboard waste we collect includes:

• Corrugated cardboard boxes
• Delivery and packaging boxes
• Flattened cardboard sheets
• Cardboard tubes and sleeves
• Product and retail packaging
• Clean cardboard cartons and boxes
• Clean manufacturing or warehouse cardboard offcuts

Free bins for cardboard waste

We supply a range of bins for cardboard, all delivered for free:

• 240 litre wheelie bins: suitable for small offices, shops, cafes, and sites producing a few flattened boxes
• 360 litre wheelie bins: useful where cardboard builds up regularly but storage space is limited
• 660 litre wheelie bins: suitable for medium-volume retail, hospitality, office, and light-industrial sites
• 1100 litre wheelie bins: better for larger premises producing regular packaging and delivery boxes

These bins suit clean, dry cardboard from offices, shops, hospitality businesses, warehouses, and light-industrial sites.

Simpler Recycling and cardboard: What businesses need to know

Workplaces in England with 10 or more full-time staff have had to keep paper and cardboard away from general waste since March 31st, 2025. Smaller businesses have until March 31st, 2027.

Depending on your collection setup, paper and cardboard may also need to be kept apart from plastic, metal, and glass. Keeping cardboard separate protects the fibres from food, liquid, and other contamination.

We’ll provide separate cardboard bins, scheduled collections, and Duty of Care paperwork for your site.