Some Facts About Traditional Cardboard Boxes
Cardboard boxes are as popular today as they have ever been. Their important uses are mainly for home removals, moving paperwork or precious items and also for storage in homes as well as offices and lofts all over the world. Not only are cardboard boxes useful, they are also biodegradable and recyclable and have been around for a very long time.
Traditional cardboard boxes are actually known in the industry as industrially prefabricated boxes and may not actually be made from cardboard in a lot of cases despite the name. They can be made from products such as paperboard, corrugated fibreboard and other materials such as cardstock. They are also available in a massive amount of different shapes and sizes ranging from breakfast cereal boxes to shoe boxes, fruit juice cartons right up to almost all top end electrical items such as mobile phones or 60 inch plasma televisions. Almost anything purchased online comes in one.
It is widely believed that the initial boxes for commercial usage were manufactured in England as long ago as almost 200 years ago and the first ever boxes that could be supplied flat and made into boxes by the manufacturer were produced over 100 years ago. It is thought that these cardboard boxes were not actually made of cardboard but similar materials such as paperboard. The popularity of breakfast cereal in the early twentieth century caused a huge boom in the manufacture of cardboard boxes and breakfast cereal is still supplied today in similar packaging. Prior to cardboard boxes, goods were often supplied in wooden boxes and crates but not only was the new alternative far cheaper to manufacture and supply, it was also far easier to produce and far more versatile with regards to sizes and shapes that could made so their popularity continued to grow and grow as a replacement for wood.
