Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

guybehindawall t1_j2dd98u wrote

Per worcesterma.gov's recyclopedia:

>You can put your EMPTY pizza box in the recycling. Grease is okay.

>Some people ask us what kind of pizza boxes we mean. The answer is pizza boxes (with the exception of frozen pizza boxes) made out of cardboard or box board (think: cereal box) can be recycled as long as they are empty. Helpful suggestion: Fold the box inside out before you put it in the recycling. This will make sure that the box is completely empty so there are no surprises at the sorting facility.

>Liners and pizza savers (pizza tables) go in the trash. The food should be composted or put in the trash

6

Candid-Arugula t1_j2dv749 wrote

This is shocking! Thought pizza boxes were the quintessential "do not recycle" item.

1

guybehindawall t1_j2dyapv wrote

I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure that was the case for a long time, and recycling facilities have only recently been able to process them.

3

D_is_for_Doomsayer t1_j2dz2kw wrote

It's the little things, like this, that remind you that as much as Worcester has changed, Worcester is the same. Why not contradict yourself on your own website?

FWIW: When they launched the new recycling bins, the literature they shared agreed with this, pizza boxes, even with grease, can be recycled.

1

guybehindawall t1_j2e3riz wrote

It would be nice if they tidied up the definition of "soiled", that's for sure.

1