I'm going to assume the pizza grease keeps the machinery lubricated. I've been gradually processing a large quantity of big pizza boxes (pizza party after my move). I have managed to get through quite a bit of cardboard with my office shredder. Tape which does not come off easily will be easy to remove after soaking. An easy way to tear down cardboard boxes is to wear a pair of gloves, hold the box against your chest for leverage, and pull the corners apart. Recycling cardboard is a simple process and stacking the boxes broken down with a cinder block on top is an easy way to save space. Holds in moisture and makes it easy to replace the media as required. I like cardboard for the bottoms of my dug down raised beds. The glue is often infested with silverfish eggs. One tip on cardboard is never store it inside your house. In a couple of days it will be as limp as a noodle and can be added to your compost bins as needed. First stuff your plastic barrel with as much cardboard as you can and fill with water. A 30 to 55 gallon plastic bucket and a utility knife will do the trick nicely. Why waste energy and time on dry shredding. Iamlook, mendopete and PeterK2 got it right. Note that really thick cardboard will probably not make it through these types of shredders. A shredder should be able to handle those without jamming or overheating. If it does, Costco has a great return policy.īTW, I would use a box cutter to break down cardboard boxes and sheets into something like 8" x 8" pieces. If I were to ever buy a shredder, I'd get something from Costco ( $100 range) and use it a few minutes at a time so it doesn't burn out. It would certainly speed up decomposition. I can understand why some folks like to shred paper. For dry bedding, I tear egg cartons by hand. For my worm bins I soak the cardboard overnight before wringing "dryish" and tearing into chunks by hand. I have plenty of other stuff to use as packing material. That's great for all the above purposes, but not so good for storage. I imagine shredding it would make it bulkier. "Having to save the materials for the summer months makes for a mess but shredded can be used for packing materials, worm bedding and compost carbon." Maybe begin sorting through those items that are on the floor, or maybe organize one shelf, one drawer, one corner of the room at one time. Instead of trying to organize the entire room, (you may not have enough time to do the whole room, you may not be able to focus long enough to do the entire room) pick one area. When starting an organizing project it can seem overwhelming. So designating a home for your belongings will save you money and duplicating your belongings. Nothing has a designated home where it lives when not in use, so it remains where ever you put it.and when you can't find it you buy a new one. You walk in your home you have an item in your hand you are not sure what to do with it you put it down on the counter.this continues with all sorts of items in your home and eventually you have piles of stuff everywhere on every surface. simple definition: Everything has a place and a place for everything.You are organized when you can find what you want when you want it. Having to save the materials for the summer months makes for a mess but shredded can be used for packing materials, worm bedding and compost carbon.Īctually Organized, NY & Miami Organization: what does that mean. I appreciate the quickness that wet cardboard will deteriorate, and if I had a larger back yard and the ability to dispose of my cardboard year round, then it would not be an issue. Has anyone tried and succeeded in finding a way to shred cardboard, without spending $3,000+ on a machine? I have tried the OfficeMart shredder and destroyed it of course it is built not to be fixed but there are others, costlier, but less than machines advertised as cardboard shredders, that will shred stacks of papers. I feed it (some of it) to my worms and any that I would put in my compost pile would - could not look like trash - there for it needs to be shredded. I have a tiny space in town and cannot very well be building a land fill in my back yard - but I do not want to give my cardboard away - I figure I paid for it and I want any carbon value that it contains.
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