Can you get money for recycling cardboard?

I'm doing my senior project which requires me to intern somewhere and find a problem and then fix that problem. Since I already have a job, I though I'd just use it for my project. My job is working at an art and frame store and I noticed that we really do waste a lot of cardboard from frame boxes. I thought in order to promote recycling, I should sell the boxes to my recycling center......but can you get money for recycling boxes? I know you can get money for cans...but I'm not sure about cardboard....also can you get money for paper too? We waste so much paper!