Holiday Season Leads to Double the Amount of Cardboard at East Texas Recycling CenterHoliday Season Leads to Double the Amount of Cardboard at East Texas Recycling Center

Recycling centers in East Texas received more than double the typical amount of cardboard following the recent holidays.

On average, a majority of the area’s recycling centers see about two bales of cardboard a day, however, this holiday season, a recycling center in Tyler, Texas, has been dealing with almost five bales a day.

“This week’s been pretty busy,” said Leroy Sparrow, the Solid Waste Director in Tyler. “The guys told me they’ve been pulling about five bales of cardboard a day.”

“Once we have 40 bales, this is a perfect area, we stack them here,” said Sparrow. “We contact Evergreen who is our current vendor, and they’ll come with a semi - 18-wheeler - and haul them to whichever closest mill that needs it.”

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