Also called: delivery box, Amazon box, shoe box, corrugated cardboard, shipping box, card box
Recycle at home
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Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten boxes and keep them dry; greasy or food-soaked card goes in general waste.
Also: Recycling centre
Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten boxes, keep them dry and put them with your paper; greasy or food-soaked card goes in general waste.
Also: Recycling centre
Wales-wide guidance, checked 27 Sep 2026. View the source
Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten clean card for recycling; greasy card like pizza boxes can go in the brown bin, torn up with plastic removed.
Also: Recycling centre
Northern Ireland-wide guidance, checked 27 Sep 2026. View the source
Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten boxes and keep them dry; greasy or food-soaked card goes in general waste.
Also: Recycling centre
England-wide guidance, checked 26 Sep 2026. View the source
Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten boxes and keep them dry; greasy or food-soaked card goes in general waste.
Also: Recycling centre
Scotland-wide guidance, checked 27 Sep 2026. View the source
Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten boxes, keep them dry and put them with your paper; greasy or food-soaked card goes in general waste.
Also: Recycling centre
Wales-wide guidance, checked 27 Sep 2026. View the source
Recycle at home
Yes. Put it in your recycling bin.
Flatten clean card for recycling; greasy card like pizza boxes can go in the brown bin, torn up with plastic removed.
Also: Recycling centre
Northern Ireland-wide guidance, checked 27 Sep 2026. View the source
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