With demand for materials surging, the Old Town paper mill asks for cardboard donations from locals

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With demand for materials surging, the Old Town paper mill asks for cardboard donations from locals
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All that online ordering is driving demand for cardboard shipping boxes. To help meet the need, this Maine paper mill is asking the community to donate pizza boxes and corrugated cardboard directly to them. ♻ From mainepublic's robbiefeinberg:

The Old Town paper mill is asking local residents to drop off pizza boxes and cardboard as it deals with a surge in demand for materials.One idea behind the program, says ND Paper spokesperson Brennan Burks, is sustainability: to help local residents recycle their cardboard products, instead of seeing them end up in landfills.

And Burks said that finding a potential new source of materials is important for the mill, as the growth of online shopping has led to skyrocketing demand for cardboard products, increasing material prices.

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