How Are Recycled Cardboard Cutting Boards Made?
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Recycled Cutting Boards Reduce Your Eco-Impact
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Buying recycled cutting boards is another great way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet. Eco-friendly cutting boards can be made from a host of different materials including recycled plastic and cardboard as well as bamboo. The process of turning what used to be cardboard into a cutting board is extensive.
The Cardboard Recycling Process
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After the cardboard is picked up from by a recycling company it goes to your local recycling center, where it is separated by its color and also its thickness so that the resulting pulp will be uniform. After the cardboard is separated, it is treated in a hot bath, which removes any contaminates such as glue or chemicals. The soft pulp that is left over is then combined with stronger pulp if necessary to give it a stronger texture and sent to the cutting board manufacturing factory.
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Molding Cutting Boards
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Most recycled cardboard cutting boards are made from 50 percent recycled cardboard and 50 percent other sustainable materials, usually Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) wood. The FSC certifies that wood comes from a sustainably managed forest and when its trees are cut down, an equal number are replanted. The 50 percent FSC wood is normally a firmer wood such as FSC oak and then softened. The companies that make your cutting boards then combine the softened wood pulp and and recycled cardboard pulp. A special molding machine shapes each individual board into its shape. Each is then coated with an antibacterial agent by another machine, packaged and ready to be sold.
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