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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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5. My experience

Reply to MLAA (Reply #3)

Fri May 22, 2026, 11:11 AM

Yesterday

I pack all of my cardboard up in cardboard boxes. When one is full, I “box fold” the top, and set it beside the recycling bin. The collectors seem to pick it up with no objections. (If I put something in the bin that doesn’t belong there, they don’t collect it. — They just leave it in the bin.)

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