I don't see a difference between recycled and "virgin" cardboard record
boxes.

The difference is in the content of the material.  Recycled boxes come 
from recycled material and probably from used boxes.  The content from the 
boxes is mixed with virgin content in a vat of "soup" and then through the 
process converted to cardboard.  You sometimes see this in paper that goes 
through your copier...30% post consumer waste.  With paper we have noticed 
no difference between recycled and virgin other than more paper dust.

On some occasions you may find that recycled boxes may not be as strong, 
but you are doing the "conservation thing" by saving trees and keeping 
material from the landfill.

John Annunziello
Records Information Specialist
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
5 Shoreham Drive
Downsview, Ontario M3N 1S4
(416) 661-6600 ext. 5272
fax:  (416) 661-6898
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