Paper Recycling — Saving Money, Sanity

The up side for Mossberg is a 300 percent gain in scrap material return. Vandenburg watched the value surge from $40 a ton for Gaylords to $110 per ton for baled waste, depending on the mix.

Another benefit that’s difficult to measure in hard costs is the savings in operator time spent moving Gaylords around, according to Vandenburg. An operator making more than $20 an hour doesn’t have to spend time changing out boxes.