With more people shopping online, there’s a lot more cardboard in the recycling stream these days. Here’s a look at where all those discarded boxes go -- it’s farther than you might think.

The packaging is nearly always referred to as “cardboard,” although the correct term is “corrugated cardboard.” And it has a long history. The origins of cardboard itself date back to ...

407 billion square feet of corrugated cardboard was produced in the U.S. last year. All that cardboard has to be housed somewhere. ... It has also meant that the world is using a lot more boxes.

The Cardboard Box Index is an indicator of consumer goods production, ... It is estimated that close to 75–80% of all non-durable goods are shipped in corrugated cardboard containers.

Corrugated cardboard boxes, both new and used. When COVID-19 locked Americans at home in 2020, they began ordering in everything from fresh meal kits to office supplies and pizzas.

First, some background: The first recorded usage of a cardboard box was documented in 1817, ... and makes it easier to store and ship. Corrugated cardboard packaging keeps fresh foods safer, too.