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Cardboard Recycling in Exeter

Deliveries come in daily and the flat-packed boxes soon mount up, but a city-centre shop or cafe rarely has the yard space to store them or the room for a baler. M&J Bowers takes that problem away with flexible cardboard collections for local businesses, clearing your boxes as often as you need and recycling every one, so you keep your space clear and your waste out of landfill.

We are a family-run recycling and secure destruction firm that has served the South West since 1973. We can fit a small shop, an office or a trade unit into a schedule that suits you, and take care of the disposal with a Waste Transfer Note on every visit for your records.

Why choose M&J Bowers?

  • 100% recycled with zero to landfill, guaranteed on every collection.
  • Fully accredited to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001.
  • Confidential material destroyed to BS EN 15713 by DBS-checked staff.
  • A Waste Transfer Note handed over on every visit for your records.
  • Independent and family-owned, serving the South West since 1973.
  • Flexible weekly, fortnightly, monthly or one-off collections.

Contact M&J Bowers today or call us on 0800 0276255. Your peace of mind is our priority.

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    Paper Recycling

    White, coloured and printed office paper collected and 100% recycled.

    Cardboard Recycling

    Flat-packed boxes and packaging cleared on a schedule that suits you.

    LDPE Recycling

    Shrink wrap and soft plastic film taken away on the same visit.

    Confidential Shredding

    Sensitive documents securely destroyed to BS EN 15713.

    Cardboard Recycling in Exeter

    What cardboard can we take?

    We collect the everyday packaging that builds up in any premises and recycle all of it: flat-packed delivery boxes, corrugated card from transit and pallets, the sleeves and inserts inside products, print offcuts, and retail display and shelf-ready material. If you can flatten it and it is clean, we can recycle it.

    A few things spoil a clean load and need keeping separate, namely soiled or greasy card, wet or mouldy boxes, polystyrene, tape and packing peanuts. If you also have shrink wrap or similar film, our LDPE plastic recycling can take it on the same visit, and office paper can be taken too with our paper recycling in Exeter.

    How does cardboard collection work?

    Tell us roughly how much you produce and we will match the service to your premises, whether that is a few boxes a week or a full load a day. We supply containers sized to your space, and we come weekly, fortnightly, monthly or as a one-off when a big delivery leaves you with more than usual.

    Your cardboard goes back to our Somerset depot, where we bale it and recycle it. Nothing is stockpiled and nothing goes to landfill, and the Waste Transfer Note gives you a clear record for compliance and your own reporting.

    Why choose M&J Bowers in Exeter?

    Plenty of firms will take boxes away. Fewer will show you what happens next. We recycle 100% of the cardboard we collect and guarantee zero to landfill. Our depot runs on 214 solar panels that save more than 40,000kg of CO2 a year, and across the business we recycle over 5,000 tonnes of paper, cardboard and LDPE annually.

    So if branded or confidential packaging needs destroying rather than simply recycling, we already run confidential shredding in Exeter and can handle both in one arrangement.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Do I need to flatten the boxes?

    Flattening helps, because it lets you fit far more into each collection and keeps things tidy between visits. It is not essential, and we will recommend the right containers for your space either way.

    Can you collect from a small city-centre premises?

    Yes. We work with small shops and offices as readily as larger sites, and we plan collections around access and parking in the city, so a tight location is not a problem.