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Greene Recycling provides cardboard recycling in Tennessee for businesses that want their cardboard bales picked up on time and turned into a rebate. Our trucks run routes in Southeast Tennessee today. We’ve done this work since 1995, we serve more than 500 business locations, and we run active routes in 13 states.
You call one number, you get one team, and you get a schedule that doesn’t slip. That’s the whole idea.
Routes run today in Chattanooga, Cleveland, East Ridge, and Red Bank. Chattanooga sits where I-24, I-59, and I-75 meet, which makes the area a natural hub for retail and freight. East Ridge and Red Bank border the city, and Cleveland is a short drive northeast on I-75. Stores, grocery chains, and distribution sites across that corridor send out a steady flow of boxes.
If you’re in Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, or a smaller town, we still offer cardboard recycling in Tennessee. Greene Recycling services businesses in all 50 states and will add your location to a route. See our areas served page or call 512-630-5108.
Each Tennessee account can use any of these services:
Start with our bale pickup page, or compare options on the main services page.
Baled cardboard is a commodity. As a recycling broker, we sell your bales into the recycling market and pass value back to you. The more bales we pick up, the higher the rebate we can extend. A busy grocery store or a warehouse with daily inbound freight can build up real volume in a few weeks.
That makes cardboard recycling in Tennessee a line item that pays you instead of costing you. You free up floor space, you skip landfill hauling fees, and you get a check for material you were tossing. Learn more on our recycling rebates page.
Greene Recycling works with independent businesses and with national brands. Walgreens and Crate & Barrel are both clients. Big or small, you work with the same people, and they know your route and your locations.
We serve these industries in Tennessee:
Each one produces cardboard in a different rhythm. A restaurant fills a baler slowly with supply cases. A distribution center can fill one in a day. We set your pickup schedule to match.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that corrugated boxes are among the most recycled packaging products in the country. Every bale you send to a mill becomes new packaging, and it stays out of the landfill.
Consistent cardboard recycling in Tennessee also helps with reporting. If your corporate office asks for diversion numbers, a monthly bale count gives you a clear answer. We help you keep track.
Cardboard volume isn’t flat. Holiday freight, spring resets, and back-to-school deliveries can stack up bales faster than usual. Will-call pickups let you add a stop when the baler fills early, and you keep your regular schedule the rest of the year. That flexibility is a big part of why customers stick with our cardboard recycling in Tennessee service.
First, we talk through your locations, baler setup, and bale volume. Second, we add you to a route and confirm your pickup days. Third, the truck shows up and your rebate program begins. Opening a new store later? One call adds it. Quick answers to common questions are on our FAQ page. This is how most customers set up cardboard recycling in Tennessee in a matter of days, not months.
Your crew bales cardboard as boxes come off the truck and stacks the finished bales near the dock or the back door. On your scheduled day, our driver loads them and records the count. You don’t need to call ahead, sort anything, or wait around. If a bale is short or a baler acts up, tell us and we’ll send someone to look at it through our baler service.
Chattanooga-area stores often share a route day, which keeps the schedule tight and the truck full. That efficiency is part of how we keep cardboard recycling in Tennessee affordable and the rebate worth having. If your volume changes, we change the schedule. Nothing is locked in that doesn’t fit how you actually run your business.
Send us your locations, a rough bale count, and how often you want a pickup. We’ll build the route and estimate your rebate. Request a quote online or call 512-630-5108 to set up cardboard recycling in Tennessee for your business.
Straight answers about service, schedules, and rebates.
Routes run today in Chattanooga, Cleveland, East Ridge, and Red Bank in Southeast Tennessee. We service businesses anywhere in the state, so call if your city isn’t on that list.
We pick up bales from 180 lbs up to 1,200 lbs. No job is too big or too small.
Yes. We provide 30-ft roll-offs with dump and return service and 40-yard compactors for rental and service.
We’re a recycling broker. The more bales we pick up from your Tennessee locations, the higher the rebate we can extend.