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You think you're doing good, but do not recycle your pizza boxes (Original Post) Goodheart Nov 2019 OP
Hmm, I just rechecked our town's rules and Croney Nov 2019 #1
It's better to check your community recycler's rules. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2019 #2
That's it. Time to ban pizza. Xolodno Nov 2019 #3
Totally depends on the MRF and the kind of equipment they use. Initech Nov 2019 #4
Depends on the restaurant Aquaria Nov 2019 #5
Food soiled containers should never be recycled. JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #6
Yard waste compostable BBG Nov 2019 #7
If there's a wild animal sanctuary near by, the big cats love pizza boxes catrose Nov 2019 #8
Really? KT2000 Nov 2019 #11
Both! At least, they gnaw on them. I don't know if they actually ingest them. catrose Nov 2019 #18
My cat has never met a box he didn't like. lunatica Nov 2019 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Nov 2019 #9
I cut mine up into small pieces and put them in the backyard compost pile. Kaleva Nov 2019 #10
They go in the yard waste bin here. yewberry Nov 2019 #12
I'm lucky enough to live on a pond with lots of turtles Goodheart Nov 2019 #13
Aw, I want to live on a pond with lots of turtles! yewberry Nov 2019 #14
I suspect that no matter what you're told about the various parts of the waste stream Ron Green Nov 2019 #15
In San Antonio we have a compost green can for food waste and pizza boxes, etc Dem_4_Life Nov 2019 #16
the top can be recycled if it's not greasy n/t imavoter Nov 2019 #17
We have an organics recycling program here mn9driver Nov 2019 #19
I've known that for years lunatica Nov 2019 #20
Thanks. Flaleftist Nov 2019 #22
Recycling doesn't get recycled anyway. Codeine Nov 2019 #23

Croney

(4,646 posts)
1. Hmm, I just rechecked our town's rules and
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 09:55 PM
Nov 2019

empty pizza boxes go in the recycling bin.

Food for thought though.

Xolodno

(6,341 posts)
3. That's it. Time to ban pizza.
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 09:59 PM
Nov 2019


I don't recycle pizza boxes. Winter gets cold, I use it for the fireplace as kindle. Probably not the best use either, but hey, when I'm cold....

Initech

(99,915 posts)
4. Totally depends on the MRF and the kind of equipment they use.
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 10:00 PM
Nov 2019

Some are equipped to handle all kinds of trash but some sorting machines aren't. The best thing to do is to check with the trash company that owns the local facility.

 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
5. Depends on the restaurant
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 10:12 PM
Nov 2019

Our local deliverator joint uses a corrugated lining in the bottom of the box to keep the pie from sliding around during transit. That keeps the oil/food from making contact with the box below. Tossing the liner is less wasteful than tossing the entire box.

BBG

(2,476 posts)
7. Yard waste compostable
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 10:34 PM
Nov 2019

Toss em in the yard waste bin. Or if you don’t have municipal yard/food composting do it yourself.

catrose

(5,050 posts)
18. Both! At least, they gnaw on them. I don't know if they actually ingest them.
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 11:43 PM
Nov 2019

There's also much rolling around on them to absorb the heavenly scent. Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota posts photos of their cats freaking out over pizza boxes after the interns have pizza parties.

Response to Goodheart (Original post)

yewberry

(6,530 posts)
12. They go in the yard waste bin here.
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 10:56 PM
Nov 2019

All yard waste, vegetable scraps, and pizza boxes go in the same bin.

Handy hint: I keep a largish sealed tupperware bin in the freezer for food scraps that are not suitable for vegetable stock and empty it into the bin once it's full.

Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
13. I'm lucky enough to live on a pond with lots of turtles
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 11:00 PM
Nov 2019

Those turtles eat up all my food scraps.... but the pizza boxes go in the garbage can.

Ron Green

(9,821 posts)
15. I suspect that no matter what you're told about the various parts of the waste stream
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 11:26 PM
Nov 2019

in your community, it’s mostly going in the landfill.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
16. In San Antonio we have a compost green can for food waste and pizza boxes, etc
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 11:39 PM
Nov 2019

So between the recycling can and green can we fill our actual trash can which we opted for the smaller size about maybe once every 3 weeks at my house.

mn9driver

(4,412 posts)
19. We have an organics recycling program here
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 01:23 AM
Nov 2019

Pizza boxes are accepted, along with just about any kind of food scraps, paper towels, tissue and biodegradable waste you can imagine. No pet waste, though.

We use biodegradable plastic liners for the bin and freeze them when they are full. Combined with regular recycling, our large family generates about 1 kitchen bag of non recyclable waste per week.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
20. I've known that for years
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 02:32 AM
Nov 2019

I worked in UC Berkeley and they’ve been recycling since I started working there last century. No foodstuff of any kind allowed. Pizza boxes have grease and leftover crumbs. They’re a no no for recycling.

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