Can I recycle a pizza box?
Have you ever wondered what you can and can’t recycle? Some things are obvious like bottles and cans, but there are a few grey areas that we all wonder about.
In the Greater Cincinnati area, Rumpke provides residential and commercial recycling services. We recently had the chance to speak with Amanda Pratt, corporate communication manager with Rumpke Consolidated Companies. With input from Amanda and tips from RumpkeRecycling.com, Live Green Cincinnati is able to shine some light on those local recycling grey areas.
Question: Can I recycle a pizza box?
Answer: No. Pizza boxes cannot be recycled because the grease contaminates the cardboard making it unusable in the manufacturing process. Unfortunately you need to direct your pizza boxes to the garbage can. Better yet, take the box out of the equation and eat in at a restaurant for your next pizza craving.
Stay tuned for more recycling tips over the next few days!
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Actually, at Miami University and other universities where things are sorted by hand, clean pizza boxes (ones where the layer of the box with the grease has been removed - some pizza places put an extra layer of cardboard in there) can be recycled.