the specification discloses a multilaminar paperboard composite having improved recyclability and methods for forming and recycling the paperboard composite . the paperboard composite comprises a paperboard substrate having two surfaces , a highly alcoholized polyvinyl alcohol binder layer adjacent at least one surface of the paperboard substrate and a polyethylene polymeric layer bound to the polyvinyl alcohol layer . the highly alcoholized polyvinyl alcohol layer is present in an amount of from about 2 to about 12 pounds per 3000 square feet of substrate .