How can I get rid of lots of cardboard?

You get rid of lots of cardboard by keeping it flat, dry and separate, then having it collected as its own stream. Flattened boxes take a quarter of the space, and clean cardboard is easy to recycle, so a shop or stockroom with a lot of it is better off with a dedicated cardboard bin than with boxes stuffed into the general waste. A household recycling centre will take a resident's car load, but not trade cardboard. Keep it dry: wet or greasy cardboard is rejected by the sorting plant and goes to general waste. We collect clean cardboard in the recycling bin or in a dedicated 660 or 1100 litre bin on the same round.