
Cardboard and paper recycling
Recycling cardboard and paper will save you money and make your company environmentally friendly. We offer cardboard and waste paper recycling collection from your premises.
What is Cardboard & Paper Recycling?
At Hurn Recycling we know that cardboard is the largest single constituent of general (or municipal) waste worldwide; 80-90% of material we collect is made up of cardboard.
We provide paper recycling for all sizes of businesses allowing you to effectively and sustainably manage paper waste. We offer a tailored paper and cardboard waste collection and recycling strategy to suit your business needs.
We provide both 660 litre and 1100 litre cardboard and paper recycling bins. Alternatively, we can arrange baled and loose cardboard collections, in case your business does not have space for bins to be stored.

What we do?
We provide tailored cardboard and paper recycling services designed to meet the unique needs of businesses, ensuring safe, reliable, and legal disposal with minimal disruption. By choosing Hurn Recycling, we will provide you with:
- Compliance: Adherence to all local and national waste management regulations.
- Flexibility: Customised collection schedules to suit your operational needs.
- Sustainability: Commitment to reducing landfill usage by promoting recycling and responsible waste disposal.

Cardboard and Paper Bin Sizes
We offer flexible collection schedules, including daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly pickups, based on your business requirements. We cater for businesses of all sizes and offer the following range of bin sizes for Cardboard & Paper collection:
- 660 Litre General Waste Bin
- 1100 Litre General Waste Bin
For businesses with limited space, we offer a pre-paid bags service for bagged general waste.


What can be disposed of in Cardboard & Recycling Bins?
Materials should be placed loose in the bins, or cardboard bundles, not in the plastic bags please.
- You can’t recycle soiled cardboard that contains food, paint or dirt
- You should remove materials like packing tape, polystyrene inserts or void fill from cardboard packaging for recycling
- Large staples or stitching might need to be remove prior to recycling
- Any greeting cards you receive that have glitter on can’t be recycled either
Paper and cardboard
Ideally flattened
Magazines, newspapers and telephone directories
Envelopes
No need to remove staples or windows
Junk mail
Ensure any plastic wrapping is removed.
Shredded paper and card
If contained in an envelope or cardboard box.
Cereal Boxes and Ready-Made Meal Cardboard Outers
Greetings Cards and Non-Foil Wrapping Paper/Crackers

What cannot be disposed of in Cardboard & Recycling Bins?
Cartons
Wax or Foil Lined
Food packets & cartons
Waxed paper
Plastic magazine wrapping
Foil wrapping paper
Glitter covered cards or wrapping
Polystyrene
You can't recycle soiled cardboard that contains food, paint, or dirt. Remove materials like packing tape, polystyrene inserts, or void fill from cardboard packaging before recycling.
Areas we cover
Our recycling centres are based in Bournemouth & Exeter. However, we offer recycling waste management and waste collection across Dorset & Devon alongside other surrounding counties such as Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Specifically in the following areas:
Dorset
BH Postcodes - Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Wimborne, Ferndown, Wareham, Swanage, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Blandford Forum, Verwood, Ringwood
DT Postcodes - Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Blandford Forum
Devon
EX Postcodes – Covers Exeter (city), Broadclyst, Clyst St Mary, Silverton, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Axminster, Honiton, Colyton
Hampshire
SO Postcodes – Totton, Lymington, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Hythe
SP Postcodes – Fordingbridge (SP6)
Wiltshire
SP1 & SP2 Postcodes – Covers Salisbury
Confidential Waste Recycling and Secure Shredding
Paper waste can often contain sensitive data. We provide you a secure confidential recycling solution for paper waste. Any sensitive documents containing personal or company information must be shredded in order to protect the data. The shredded paper will then get recycled according to the current UK guidelines.
To find out how we can help you dispose of confidential waste, contact us on 01202 222333 and one of our team members will get in touch with you as soon as possible.
Alternatively, you can read more about our Confidential Waste Collection and Disposal Services on this link.

Why recycle Cardboard & Paper?
Recycling is essential for environmental sustainability, by recycling paper we reduce deforestation and protect trees. We are also saving a significant amount of water and other natural resources including energy, as the process of recycling paper also requires lower energy consumption.
The world loses almost six million hectares of forest each year to deforestation. In terms of climate change, cutting trees both adds carbon dioxide to the air and removes the ability to absorb existing carbon dioxide.

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Get in touch
Commercial Recycling and waste management in Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset. Serving the surrounding counties. Helping Businesses save money and reduce landfill since 1995.
We look forward to hearing from you by phone or email. Alternatively, you can complete our enquiry form and we will get right back to you.
- Bournemouth
Hurn Recycling Ltd, 452 Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6NW
- 01202 257530
- Exeter
Hurn Recycling Ltd, Greendale Business Park, Compound 67, Honey Lane, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, EX5 1EW
- 01392 323316