I see many people recycling cardboard.How much does that pay.?

Question

I see many people recycling cardboard.How much does that pay.?

Answer 1

We don't get money for it around here. The other thing they pay us from is scrap metal.  People recycle cardboard because they are trying to help protect the earth.

Answer 2

go to www.earth911.org to find a local recycle center that pays for cardboard, contact them and see what their rate is.

Answer 3

It's going for a whopping 3 cents a pound in central California!  You might get enough money for a soda & a gallon of gas for a whole truck load of the stuff...yahoo!

Scrap metal is worth far more for the same sized truck load!

Answer 4

well i don't live in your country, i am from asia. anyway we get money here when we recycle, but it is not much. infact very little, but if you are a student, it is still money! selling plastic, alluminium cans, glass and metal, we can get money. all enough to buy some treats like sweets or watch a movie in the cinema or get a free cheap lunch.

Answer 5

Depends on how close you are first to the plant that actually recycles the cardboard and secondly to a major collection center. Around here there are many people who make a couple of hundred dollars a week doing it, but you do need a decent sized truck and arrangements with stores to be able to pick up their boxes. I have seen fights where two or three were trying to take boxes promised by the store to another.

Answer 6

Probably not enough to cover the cost of gas to get rid of it.

Answer 7

I didn't know you could get money for that! No wonder I see pick up trucks all weighted down with cardboard!! Where would you go to recycle it though? The only place I know is only for cans and bottles.

Answer 8

In New Jersey, it is recycled with all other paper items.  No money is exchanged.  Just saves it from the landfills.