Brown Cardboard Boxes

Brown Cardboard Boxes

Brown is the most common cardboard color, although cardboard may also come in white, mottled brown or dyed colors. Cardboard boxes have been used since the late 1800's for storage and shipping for industrial and commercial use. They can be either corrugated or non-corrugated; both varieties are made of several sheets of cardboard. Brown cardboard boxes can be found in all kinds of applications, and they are designed in all shapes and sizes to meet the varied demand for them. In industry, brown cardboard boxes are used for the storage of parts as well as for the shipment of completed products. Distribution operations also make extensive use of brown cardboard boxes. Outside of the context of industry and commerce, consumers also make use of brown cardboard boxes for small scale permanent storage and for temporary storage during moving. Brown cardboard is also used to make serial boxes, small boxes for retail products and for many other applications.

"Cardboard" is an imprecise term that is used in reference to a very wide range of distinct paper products. It is generally used to describe any paper product beyond a certain threshold of rigidness. Other more precise terms are used, especially within industry, to describe the wide range of different paper products of which industry makes such extensive use. The box material designed for use as breakfast cereal containers, for example, is often referred to as paperboard because of its thinness compared to other rigid paper varieties. Thicker card stock materials may be referred to as containerboard or fiberboard. Binder's board is the term used to describe the material used in hardcover books. All of these card stock varieties are naturally brown or greyish, though they can be bleached white if necessary. Another reason for cardboard's great popularity is its high recyclability. Most card stock varieties can be recycled and made into new boxes or other paper-based products.