Stories Tagged as
Cardboard
How companies commodify your recycled waste
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
May 3, 2023
We tour a materials recovery facility in California, where the stuff consumers toss into recycling bins is sorted.
Keeping the family recycling business afloat
by
Sean McHenry
Nov 29, 2018
There have been rough years before, but this year may be the toughest.
Poor recycling practices mean more is getting landfilled
by
Jed Kim
Aug 3, 2018
China used to be a dumping ground for waste, but new policies have closed off the major market.
China is drowning in a sea of cardboard — so is the U.S.
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
, Jennifer Pak
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 26, 2018
Online shopping comes with a lot of packaging, and that packaging is becoming a problem.
The lucrative crime of cardboard theft
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 6, 2012
For most people, cardboard is... just there. But stealing cardboard can be a relatively easy -- and surprisingly profitable -- crime.