Tons of Cardboard

Forty-four bales of corrugated cardboard, weighing 45,200 pounds, from the Polk County Recycle Center was loaded onto a truck Thursday, headed to a mill in Louisiana. A spokesperson for Polk County Recycling & Beautification (PCRB), the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that runs the local recycling center, said that unfortunately, the price of cardboard has dropped significantly since the last time a load was sold, so this load is only worth about $1,000. However, that is still 45,200 pounds of material that has been diverted from the Polk County Landfill. For more information on PCRB and the recycling center, go to pcrbtexas.org. Photo by Brian Besch