Can I recycle it?
Cardboard is collected as part of your recycling collection. Please remove tape, polystyrene and plastic inserts from packaging. Cardboard egg boxes and rolls from kitchen and toilet rolls can also be home composted.
Which container?
Household cardboard bag (orange bag)
When is my collection day?
Useful information
If you no longer have use for your cardboard boxes, you could try posting them on a local selling platform for free. Somebody who in the process of moving house could make use of them.
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
View our Household Waste Recycling Centres to find
- location maps
- opening times
- materials accepted
You can also find your nearest centre by entering your postcode on our my area page.
For safety reasons, no public pedestrian access is allowed through the entrance or exit gates at any of our household waste recycling centres.
Only waste from households in Cornwall can be taken to these sites. Commercial waste is not accepted at any recycling centre.
