About
Benefits of our commercial
cardboard and paper recycling
Partnering with Cleanaway, businesses can give their cardboard and paper waste a new life. We collect materials like office paper waste, packaging boxes and newspapers so they can be transformed into new paper and cardboard products – ready to be recycled again and again. It’s a simple and effective way for businesses to reduce landfill, optimise their waste disposal costs and contribute to a circular economy.
We provide your business with dedicated paper and cardboard recycling bins, helping staff easily separate these materials from the general waste stream where they would otherwise end up in landfill. Through our national collection fleet, we offer efficient and dependable pick-up that can be customised to suit your waste volume and business operations.
Cleanaway’s collection and recycling solutions help businesses of all sizes manage their paper and cardboard waste sustainably and cost-effectively. Our service is particularly suited to workplaces that generate a high volume of paper and cardboard waste, such as offices, wholesalers and retailers.
Clean cardboard and paper
Includes flattened cardboard boxes, office paper, newspapers, magazines, and other clean, dry paper products free from food residue or contaminants, ensuring they can be recycled efficiently.
Mixed paper and cardboard products
Covers paper and cardboard items with minor non-paper components such as envelopes with plastic windows or lightly coated paper that can still be processed through recycling systems.
Expertise
Cleanaway’s wide range of cardboard and paper recycling services
Sustainable disposal
Removing paper and cardboard from your general waste saves these products from landfill, giving them an opportunity to be recovered for reuse.
Cost savings
Sending waste to landfill can be costly. You could save your business money by recycling your paper and cardboard waste and reducing the volume and weight of your general waste.
Flexible collection
Pick-up of your paper and cardboard waste can be tailored to suit your business needs, whether that’s weekly, fortnightly, monthly or another frequency that works for you.
A closed-loop solution
With recycling, your waste comes full circle – from paper and cardboard waste, back into paper and cardboard products. A simple way you can support a circular economy.
Process
What we do with your cardboard and paper waste
We collect your paper and cardboard waste and deliver it to our advanced recycling facilities.
Materials are sorted, baled, and sent to trusted paper mills for remanufacturing.
The cleaned pulp is blended with additives, formed into new paper, and used to produce fresh cardboard and paper products.
Service
Bins for commercial paper and cardboard collection
120 litre wheelie bin
240 litre wheelie bin
660 litre wheelie bin
1100 litre wheelie bin
1.5 cubic metre steel bin
3.0 cubic metre steel bin
4.5 cubic metre steel bin
6.0 cubic metre steel bin
Output
What your paper and cardboard waste becomes
In FY25, Cleanaway recycled 442 kilotonnes (that’s 442,000 tonnes) of paper and cardboard, returning these valuable resources to the supply chain.
Recycled paper and cardboard can be turned into:
- Cardboard boxes
- Office paper
- Tissues
- Newspapers
- Insulation
- Kitty litter
- Moulded cartons for eggs and fruit
Using post-consumer waste for these products reduces demand for virgin materials like wood and contributes to Australia’s circular economy by turning waste back into usable products.
Our promise
Why choose Cleanaway
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A one-stop solution
We offer an expansive range of services, custom waste solutions and expert support to meet the waste management and resource recovery needs of Australian businesses, councils and industries of any size.
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Optimised waste management solutions
Our team of resource recovery professionals work closely with you to find the best waste management solution for your business, helping you achieve potential cost savings while working towards your sustainability goals.
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Streamlined services
We offer a total waste management solution, providing you with seamless customer service, one invoice and consistent, reliable services.
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Nationwide service you can count on
With a vast national network of specialised facilities and one of the largest waste collection fleets on Australian roads, we deliver efficient and reliable service across most of Australia.