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Pizza boxes are recyclable … right?
March 2nd, 2009 by
We’re not going to take your big, greasy pizza away from you. Sure, you could mak yours vegetarian or vegan, or you could make your own pizza dough—no preservatives, nothing hydrogenated—in only five minutes a day. Or you could be tired and lazy and more in the mood to log in and click up The Natural from Pizza Hut. Ok. We can run with that idea. The thing is, what are you gonna do with that big, greasy cardboard box afterwards?
If you suspected that you probably shouldn’t be sneaking your grease-soaked pizza box into the recycling bin, you were right. Earth911 lays it out in black and white: “Pizza boxes that are tarnished with food, or any paper product that is stained with grease or food, are not recyclable—unless you remove the tainted portions.” Umm, “tainted”? Ouch!
For the full article at Super Eco <click here>
Source; Super Eco
I think the problem is that a lot of people are told to recycle but they don’t have a clue how the items get recycled. with the new green ads from the government, the messgae of recycling is definitely out there but poeople are being told “a bag a week” – not good enough reason!