<story><title>Plastics: What&apos;s Recyclable, What Becomes Trash and Why</title><url>https://apps.npr.org/plastics-recycling/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wlesieutre</author><text>I live in New Haven and saw on our handy recycling flyer [0] that pizza boxes are listed, with no caveat, as being a single stream curbside recyclable item.&lt;p&gt;Which is great, because pizza is a whole &lt;i&gt;thing&lt;/i&gt; in this town. We eat a lot of it.&lt;p&gt;So I was surprised to learn, if you go poking around and find the RecycleCT website [1] and hover your mouse over the pizza box, up pops this note. &amp;quot;No food residue. No liner.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Never in my life have I had a pizza box without grease soaked through it.&lt;p&gt;Maybe they&amp;#x27;ve just given up, and knowing it won&amp;#x27;t be recycled anyway, they don&amp;#x27;t bother to make a fuss about what can go in the bin? Is this flyer just there to make us feel better about our waste? Because otherwise that&amp;#x27;s a pretty major note to forget to mention. Pizza boxes are recyclable, just as long as there&amp;#x27;s never been any pizza in it.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newhavenct.gov&amp;#x2F;civicax&amp;#x2F;filebank&amp;#x2F;blobdload.aspx?blobid=31946&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newhavenct.gov&amp;#x2F;civicax&amp;#x2F;filebank&amp;#x2F;blobdload.aspx?b...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.recyclect.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.recyclect.com&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>detritus</author><text>This is a common misconception and one which has led to me having many &amp;#x27;conversations&amp;#x27; with housemates and neighbours over the years.&lt;p&gt;You might find that greasy, unlaminated cardboard is recyclable in the food&amp;#x2F;organic waste stream, as it is here in London.</text></comment>
<story><title>Plastics: What&apos;s Recyclable, What Becomes Trash and Why</title><url>https://apps.npr.org/plastics-recycling/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wlesieutre</author><text>I live in New Haven and saw on our handy recycling flyer [0] that pizza boxes are listed, with no caveat, as being a single stream curbside recyclable item.&lt;p&gt;Which is great, because pizza is a whole &lt;i&gt;thing&lt;/i&gt; in this town. We eat a lot of it.&lt;p&gt;So I was surprised to learn, if you go poking around and find the RecycleCT website [1] and hover your mouse over the pizza box, up pops this note. &amp;quot;No food residue. No liner.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Never in my life have I had a pizza box without grease soaked through it.&lt;p&gt;Maybe they&amp;#x27;ve just given up, and knowing it won&amp;#x27;t be recycled anyway, they don&amp;#x27;t bother to make a fuss about what can go in the bin? Is this flyer just there to make us feel better about our waste? Because otherwise that&amp;#x27;s a pretty major note to forget to mention. Pizza boxes are recyclable, just as long as there&amp;#x27;s never been any pizza in it.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newhavenct.gov&amp;#x2F;civicax&amp;#x2F;filebank&amp;#x2F;blobdload.aspx?blobid=31946&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newhavenct.gov&amp;#x2F;civicax&amp;#x2F;filebank&amp;#x2F;blobdload.aspx?b...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.recyclect.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.recyclect.com&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>secabeen</author><text>You can tear the top off and recycle that, and discard the greasy bottom.  While some pizzas will also soil the top of the box, you sometimes get one that&amp;#x27;s pristine.</text></comment>