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And lest this sound myopic! At least in Portland, the pizza boxes can be put into composting bins, including the plant-waste bins that we put out next to garbag
by Kednicma 6y ago
And lest this sound myopic! At least in Portland, the pizza boxes can be put into composting bins, including the plant-waste bins that we put out next to garbage bins.
So the paper does, eventually, go to the landfill and become sequestered in the typical fashion.
- jsmeaton 6y agoI’ve only just started doing this - but my understanding is that the lids go into compost. The bottoms shouldn’t because the grease turns to a yuck sludge in compost bins.
- popinman322 6y agoDo you mean compost collection bins, or home composting bins? If you live in an area that collects material for industrial composting you should 100% put the grease coated parts of the cardboard in your compost collection bin.
- jsmeaton 6y agoYes sorry I’m talking about home composting.
- Kednicma 6y agoIt varies by area. Here's the guidelines for Portland [0]; it seems that "Home" "FOOD SCRAPS" bins may have pizza boxes in them, as long as wax paper and other inserts are removed. Incidentally, mentally traversing the pizzerias I go to, I think that the only inserts that any of them add are pizza savers [1]. [0] https://www.portland.gov/bps/garbage-recycling/compost-what-goes-bin https://www.portland.gov/bps/garbage-recycling/compost-what-... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_saver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_saver
- floatingatoll 6y agoHow much carbon does feeding the pizza boxes to the composting process release into the air, as a percentage of total carbon present in the pizza boxes at rest (ignoring construction costs)?