Cardboard box
| Corrugated shipping container, one type of cardboard box | |
| Type | Container | 
|---|---|
| Inventor | Robert Gair | 
| Inception | 1890 | 
| Manufacturer | Various | 
| Available | Globally | 
Cardboard boxes are industrially prefabricated boxes, primarily used for packaging goods and materials. Specialists in industry seldom use the term cardboard because it does not denote a specific material. The term cardboard may refer to a variety of heavy paper-like materials, including card stock, corrugated fiberboard, and paperboard. Cardboard boxes can be readily recycled.