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Cardboard

Confirmed

Fully real. 116 tons sold in 2023 for $6,742, about $58 a ton, plus the disposal fee the town didn't pay.

Where it goes

Bin
Flattened corrugated cardboard.
Town data
Recycling center
Baled.
Town data
Mill
Sold. Buyer not named on the town sheet.
Town data
New boxes
Corrugated fiber goes back into boxes and packaging.
Background

Solid border: confirmed. Dashed: likely. Dotted: open.

The numbers

Cardboard, 2023
116 tons, $6,742.26, about $58 per ton Town data
Per-ton swing
About $143: $58 earned plus about $85 in tipping fees not paid Inference
Fiber limit
Paper fiber recycles about five to seven times before it's too short to use Background

What the records show

Corrugated cardboard has a steady market and the town's numbers show it: 116 tons in 2023, $6,742.26, about $58 a ton. Add the roughly $85 a ton in tipping fees that never got paid because the material was sold instead of buried, and each ton of cardboard swings the town's books by about $143.

Fiber has a limit. Paper and cardboard can be recycled about five to seven times before the fibers get too short to hold together. That's a ceiling, not a failure, and it's why fresh fiber keeps entering the system.

Sources

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