[woodburner]

I can't get enough Any suggestions? Our local tip takes a very dim view of totting. The delivery areas back of the shopping precinct has loads but all bundled up ready for collection for recycling by a different method.

In case you're wondering why this is in 'grow your own', I use it for mulching (mainly).

If any mod feels it would be better suited to a different forum, I don't mind if it's moved

[cozzcov]

What sort of cardboard? Thin like cereal boxes or corregated?  Do you shread it first then apply it? Sounds a great way to recycle at home.

I work in an office and our stationery is delivered in corregated boxes so I could get my supply like that, maybe you should contact some small local businesses? Especially if they normally have to pay to recycle it, you could offer a free service?

[woodburner]

Corrugated, the bigger the better. The shops delivery areas was my attempt at cadging off local businesses. Maybe I'd have better luck with offices  :o  

[compostqueen]

the electrical retailer usually has big pieces from all those white goods.  Business parks too are good sources of lotty stuff   I use it for paths and temporary paths to save my soil from a hammering if I need to walk on it etc.  If you get those veggie boxes from the supermarket you can actually grow saladings in those as they're very strong.  I saw a chap at our Tesco pile up a trolley with a huge stack of them the other day  

[Salkeela]

Ask any garage/shop for their one of their bundles.  Here they are happy to give them away.  Any tape & plastic covered card goes to the bin - rest goes down - a couple of layers thick, then covered in old horse manure.... & I plant into that.

[compostqueen]

or on top in the case of spuds  

[woodburner]

Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought of the industrial estate for cardboard only pallets

[compostqueen]

they usually have good bits of timber too, from packaging etc, it's usually long, thinnish rails of planed stuff.  Sawdust, that kinda thing