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| My area specifically banned stuff in paper shopping bags a few years ago. If you do it, your bag simply gets left behind. | |
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Yes I was surprised that they take this as I've seen in other areas that they would NOT take this. Guess they/we are lucky.
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| As I mentioned earlier, probable reason that they left the shreded paper is that they were not sure what to do with this type of paper. Maybe some collecting centers have strict policy on what type of paper they collect or how they sort it.
If the only reason that they left it behind was that paper was shredded, and not in sheets, it is probably due to collecting guys who were not sure what to do. But from recycling point it is no difference between same type of paper that is shredded and in sheets.
And just short explanation about what is cardboard. It usually consists of 2 or 3 layer of paperboard (sometimes even more, depending on the type of the cardboard and usage) and it looks basically like a sandwich. 2 flat sheets, one in the bottom and one in the top and one corrugated (wave) layer in the middle. Raw material is cellulose fiber, so everything made out of cellulose fibers is paper. | |
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By shreading the paper you are helping them as this is probably the first thing they have to do. But maybe they need this separate to the unshreaded paper.