John,
I haven’t had any boxes to take out lately but I’m glad to see your getting the place cleaned up. I have a couple of Aristo Craft boxes but I’m saving them for pictures once I finish the cars. Just like I did with the LGB Superliners and LGB Viewliners.
I just threw out the box from a $50 LGB set, only I cut mine up as to not take up space in the can. 
I’m bummed that I didn’t take a pic of the epic stack I threw out in early January, as part of the basement overhaul. All makes & sizes, and after breaking them all down (and removing the styrofoam, our recyclers won’t take that) the flattened carboard filled a huge box the size of a small coffin.
You can throw out Bachmann boxes all day long with no issue. LGB and Lionel boxes are apparently a punishable crime!
if you cut them up, go one step further. use them as building material.
LGB packing material lasts more than 30 years, indoors.
