@goldnectar no. It doesn’t. People who just dump shit in the recycling with no thought just make recycling cost more than it should. Put your greasy cardboard in the trash where it can decompose.
@unksol My city used to accept grease-stained pizza boxes as long as there was no solid food. At some point they stopped taking them, which I didn’t find out until I was searching to see if something else was recyclable.
@merichmond@unksol But you can usually tear (or cut) the lid off and recycle at least half the box. I’ve never had a pizza So greasy it soaked the top of the box. Much to my disappointment.
Also, my city does accept the entire pizza box if you remove solid waste and scrape off the cheese. Actually many recyclers accept them with the same stipulation.
@goldnectar Au contraire! Just last month I read a trade journal (I work in the metal recycling industry) and Domino’s Pizza is promoting that the cardboard pizza boxes CAN INDEED be recycled.
Though I must point out that Pizza Hut has at various times sold rectangular and/or square pizzas, so they really justify that 90° angle one their boxes at times
Our local recycling company makes a distinction between frozen pizza boxes and delivery/take-out pizza boxes. No to the frozen, Yes to the delivery/take-out. Their website has a handy little function where one just types in the item and gets the answer.
@RiotDemon I think the frozen ones are plastic coated, or something not good for recycling (seals in the moisture?). But the pizza joints have made an effort to have their boxes recyclable.
The real question is…can you recycle pizza boxes? The mystery continues.
@goldnectar no. It doesn’t. People who just dump shit in the recycling with no thought just make recycling cost more than it should. Put your greasy cardboard in the trash where it can decompose.
@unksol My city used to accept grease-stained pizza boxes as long as there was no solid food. At some point they stopped taking them, which I didn’t find out until I was searching to see if something else was recyclable.
@merichmond @unksol But you can usually tear (or cut) the lid off and recycle at least half the box. I’ve never had a pizza So greasy it soaked the top of the box. Much to my disappointment.
Also, my city does accept the entire pizza box if you remove solid waste and scrape off the cheese. Actually many recyclers accept them with the same stipulation.
Municipal compost is the way to go for greasy or food-covered non-coated cardboard, like a used delivery pizza box.
@goldnectar Au contraire! Just last month I read a trade journal (I work in the metal recycling industry) and Domino’s Pizza is promoting that the cardboard pizza boxes CAN INDEED be recycled.
Check it out—>Pizza Box Recycling Link
Though I must point out that Pizza Hut has at various times sold rectangular and/or square pizzas, so they really justify that 90° angle one their boxes at times
Our local recycling company makes a distinction between frozen pizza boxes and delivery/take-out pizza boxes. No to the frozen, Yes to the delivery/take-out. Their website has a handy little function where one just types in the item and gets the answer.
@romellex interesting that it’s no to the frozen boxes.
@RiotDemon I think the frozen ones are plastic coated, or something not good for recycling (seals in the moisture?). But the pizza joints have made an effort to have their boxes recyclable.
Why don’t all things come in boxes shaped like the thing within?
/giphy product shaped box