{"id":553257,"date":"2023-02-17T21:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:40:24","slug":"pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pizza conundrum: Should you recycle the box or trash it? Here&#039;s the answer."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b7626ed692\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b7626ed692\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/#Pizza_conundrum_Should_you_recycle_the_box_or_trash_it_Heres_the_answer\" >Pizza conundrum: Should you recycle the box or trash it? Here&#039;s the answer.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/#Are_pizza_boxes_recyclable\" >Are pizza\u00a0boxes recyclable?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/#So_can_you_recycle_a_pizza_box_Why_its_so_confusing\" >So can you recycle a pizza box?\u00a0Why it&#8217;s so confusing.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/#Recycling_confusion\" >Recycling confusion\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pizza-conundrum-should-you-recycle-the-box-or-trash-it-heres-the-answer\/#More_about_pizza_boxes\" >More about pizza boxes:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pizza_conundrum_Should_you_recycle_the_box_or_trash_it_Heres_the_answer\"><\/span>Pizza conundrum: Should you recycle the box or trash it? Here&#039;s the answer.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Sure good-natured rivalries play out among friends during\u00a0Sunday night\u2019s Super Bowl, but the more contentious debates may arise after the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> \u2014 when it\u2019s time to decide whether to toss the pizza boxes into the trash or the recycling bin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some 57% of Americans say the boxes can be recycled, according to a survey by the national Paper and Packaging Board. The rest of the country thinks boxes that hold the cheesy, chewy takeout staple are too greasy to be recycled.<\/p>\n<p>The confusion prompts frequent arguing\u00a0among pizza consumers trying to do the right thing, said Mitch Hedlund, founder and executive director of Recycle Across America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The question is bound to surface this weekend. Nearly 13 million pizzas are sold on Super Bowl Sunday, according to the American Pizza Community, a lobbying group that counts most of the nation\u2019s largest pizza chains among its members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">PLASTICS: <\/strong>England set to ban plastic cutlery to cut back on\u00a0waste and marine environment pollution<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">GRAPHICS: <\/strong>Super Bowl pizza sales reach into the millions. Here are the toppings favored most in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_pizza_boxes_recyclable\"><\/span>Are pizza\u00a0boxes recyclable?\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Americans eat a lot of pizza. The Packaging Board estimates roughly 3 billion pizzas are boxed up across the country in any given year. That\u2019s about 600,000 tons of cardboard material.\u00a0Can it be recycled?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes, pizza boxes are recyclable<\/strong>, as long as they\u2019re empty and not super greasy or wet,\u00a0according to the paper box industry and BeRecycled.org.\u00a0However, just because they can be recycled doesn&#8217;t mean every local recycler actually accepts pizza boxes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Few pizza boxes are too greasy to recycle:<\/strong> Almost all used pizza boxes in the recycling stream have an average grease content of less than 2%, concluded <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westrock.com\/-\/media\/pizza-box-recycling\/incorporation-of-post-consumer-pizza-boxes-in-the-recovered-fiber-stream-study-2-pdf.pdf?sc_lang=en\">a study by box manufacturer\u00a0WestRock<\/a>. Grease would only weaken the strength of the cardboard products if it was greater than 20%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheese can be filtered out during recycling: <\/strong>Cheese tends to solidify in the box, the study found, and get screened out during the process of returning the box to pulp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No significant technical reasons prevent recycling<\/strong>, the study says.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pizza box cardboard<\/strong><strong>can be recycled up to seven times<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_can_you_recycle_a_pizza_box_Why_its_so_confusing\"><\/span>So can you recycle a pizza box?\u00a0Why it&#8217;s so confusing.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some recyclers still don&#8217;t accept the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate decision over recycle bin vs. trash bag rests with local recyclers and what their equipment and processes accept. Many programs\u00a0do accept the boxes, whether they explicitly say so or not.<\/p>\n<p>Some recyclers\u00a0have expressed concerns about food contamination, but WestRock study concluded the grease and cheese residue wasn&#8217;t a problem given the amount of pizza boxes in the stream of recycled cardboard.<\/p>\n<p>If you<strong><\/strong>live in the northeast, chances are higher that you can empty and flatten the box and add it to your recycle bin, according to the packaging board. If you live in the south or midwest, chances are lower.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>How does climate change affect you?<\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/USATclimatenews\">Subscribe to the weekly Climate Point newsletter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>: Latest climate change <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> from USA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Packaging Board launched a campaign\u00a0last year to try to clear up the confusion about pizza boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaper mills across the country are using recycled pizza boxes, even ones with grease stains and a little stuck on cheese, to make the products that we use and rely on every day,\u201d stated Mary Anne Hansan, packaging board president. \u201cThe paper industry is communicating with recycling centers across the U.S. to encourage them to update their recycling guidelines.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you already know that your recycling company accepts the boxes, empty and flatten the boxes and recycle.\u00a0If you don\u2019t know:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your recycler may state on the side of your bin or in a brochure sent to you whether the boxes are recyclable or not.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/berecycled.org\/\">BeRecycled offers a lookup box<\/a> to check by zip code to see which recyclables your local hauler accepts, but the answers aren\u2019t always clear.<\/li>\n<li>The packaging board recommends pizza consumers contact their local recycler to ask about pizza boxes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recycling_confusion\"><\/span>Recycling confusion\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Widespread confusion over which containers can be recycled doesn&#8217;t\u00a0stop with the pizza boxes, Hedlund said. People debate plastic bottles and cups and more. She finds the\u00a0recurring questions over what is and isn\u2019t recyclable frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere isn\u2019t any other industry that has allowed this kind of confusion to continue for 50 years,\u201d she said. The widespread confusion over which products can be recycled obfuscates the real issue, she said. That\u2019s how effective recycling could be at reducing fossil fuel emissions, landfill waste and plastic pollution if the nation \u201ccould get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-asset oembed-asset-link oembed-asset-usatoday oembed-simple-link-container\">\n<p class=\"oembed-link-desc\">Graphics: Super Bowl pizza sales reach into the millions. Here are the toppings favored most in the US.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_about_pizza_boxes\"><\/span>More about pizza boxes:\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">An art form: <\/strong>A book about pizza box design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Photos: <\/strong>Pizza box art<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Inventions: <\/strong>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le really did patent its own pizza box<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Should you recycle a pizza box or throw it away? 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