How much of a cereal box gets reused when it is recycled?

EDDIE CULLEN, LOTHERSDALE

Cereal boxes are made from paperboard, and, save for inks and glue, the entirety of a recycled box can be reused. Many cereal boxes are already made from recycled paper. At a recycling plant, paperboard is mixed with water and broken down into pulp, then washed CPF ƂNVGTGF VQ TGOQXG KPMU EQCVKPIU CPF QVJGT contaminants. Each time paper is recycled, the OGEJCPKECN CEVKQP KPXQNXGF YGCMGPU KVU ƂDTGU – after six cycles they are usually too worn out to reuse. A recycled cereal box might be used for cardboard packaging again, or could begin C PGY NKHG CU UQWPFRTQQƂPI OCVGTKCN KPUWNCVKQP or pet bedding.