Cardboard Boxes

So you just moved? Congratulations. And you’re now drowning in cardboard boxes and packing material? Have no fear Austin. Junk Busters is here! Junk Busters has been specializing in removing unwanted cardboard boxes and packing materials since we opened in 2004. We’ve hauled away thousands of them and…

DIY Tents are all the rage right now. They’re so cute and super easy to make. But what if you’re like me, and not particularly handy with power tools? Or what if you have a child who loves making things and always wants to help out? Well, I’ve got the perfect craft for you! Today we’re making a DIY collapsible…

Fluorescent lights are energy efficient and long-lasting, and when they re spent, they can be recycled. But, they also contain mercury and lead – two toxic heavy metals considered hazardous waste if released when bulbs break. So when it’s time to replace your fluorescent lights, it’s important to do…

What is it? Cardboard box reuse involves the segregation of once used boxes from factory generated waste cardboard. The boxes are sorted and graded then sold for reuse. Why should I do it? The scheme will provide a substantially higher financial return than any other waste cardboard disposal process…

Most corrugated boxes are recycled. Cardboard is a term we often use for many types of boxes and containers, but it isn t used in the paper industry, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (see References 1, page 39). Corrugated boxes constituted the largest single component of municipal…

It seems like decorative wood craft letters are all the rage right now and there are tons of projects where people paint them or wrap yarn around them. While creating a wreath, I wanted to add a “K” with yarn wrapped around it as the final touch. If you are anything like me, you probably don’t want to…

Moving house? You’re going to need boxes. Lots of them. Take all of your stuff from your house sized box, put them in small boxes, load them onto a mobile box, often referred to as a van, and unload them into your new house-sized box. See what we did there? It’s rather existential, but we’re not here…

Using intersecting sheets of cardboard, cardboard box dividers or partitions create separate sections within a larger box. Dividers are used to help a product maintain a certain position within the larger box or to cradle fragile objects. If you are shipping bottles, or many similarly shaped objects…