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Are "cardboard tubes" really made with cardboard?
Last Updated: 09/12/2016


No. Paper tubes are made with "plies" or layers of paper, not cardboard.

Paper tubes are referred to as "cardboard tubes" so often that most paper tube manufacturers usually will not correct the incorrect terminology.



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