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Aren't pizza boxes already compostable? What was going on? I would have loved to seen the investor pitches and board meetings.

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PurpleRamen 3y ago
On their own they are compostable, but after usage they are drenched in oil and other stuff, which makes it impossible to recycle them, and harder to compost in a regular unprepared setting. So maybe their aim was to make them compostable for any private customer or unprepared garbage companies?
- giaour 3y ago
  You can generally compost food-soiled paper products, though I expect the cardboard used in pizza boxes wouldn't break down easily in a home or vermiculture composter. Commercial or municipal compost service providers should be able to handle a pizza box just fine. E.g., the Seattle municipal compost program lists pizza boxes as one of the top 5 things you should be putting in your compost bin: https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/collection-and-disposal/food-and-yard/compost-right https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/collection-a...
- throw_pm23 3y ago
  oh, come on, a bit of oil is perfectly fine in the garbage/compost, a few moments ago (figuratively speaking) it was still a sunflower-seed or an olive, both of which are fine to throw into the compost and degrade fine on their own if they fall onto the groud.
  - kjs3 3y ago
    Because olive or sunflower oil are the only oils that get onto a pizzabox? Said noone who has ever actually seen a pizza.
    - dnadler 3y ago
      Wait is this really an issue? It’s not like it’s some petroleum product, it’s always some kind of vegetable oil, right?
      - Ekaros 3y ago
        Animal fats also compost reasonably fine. I think most come from cheese that is milk fats or from meats. But none of those should be any issue either.
        kjs3 3y ago
        Reasonably fine for large scale/municipal composting. Last time I checked there was a lack of strong consensus on whether animal fat always composts well in someone's backyard composter, so YMMV. But the reply was really poking fun at the idea that pizza fat (outside of strict vegan pizza I guess) is exclusively plant based.
      - kjs3 3y ago
        It is when you order one with cheese. Or with pepperoni. Bacon. Sausage. Etc. Etc.
- garfij 3y ago
  It is no longer the case that pizza boxes are not recyclable. Paper Mills all over the country have no problem recycling them even with grease and cheese on them. Some localities haven't updated their guidelines so please check yours and let people know. https://www.afandpa.org/news/2021/lets-set-record-straight-pizza-boxes-are-recyclable https://www.afandpa.org/news/2021/lets-set-record-straight-p... https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/yes-you-can-recycle-your-pizza-boxes https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/yes-you-can-recycle-your-p...
- ceph_ 3y ago
  Source on pizza oil making cardboard uncompostable?

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PurpleRamen 3y ago

On their own they are compostable, but after usage they are drenched in oil and other stuff, which makes it impossible to recycle them, and harder to compost in a regular unprepared setting. So maybe their aim was to make them compostable for any private customer or unprepared garbage companies?

giaour 3y ago
You can generally compost food-soiled paper products, though I expect the cardboard used in pizza boxes wouldn't break down easily in a home or vermiculture composter. Commercial or municipal compost service providers should be able to handle a pizza box just fine. E.g., the Seattle municipal compost program lists pizza boxes as one of the top 5 things you should be putting in your compost bin: https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/collection-and-disposal/food-and-yard/compost-right https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/collection-a...
throw_pm23 3y ago
oh, come on, a bit of oil is perfectly fine in the garbage/compost, a few moments ago (figuratively speaking) it was still a sunflower-seed or an olive, both of which are fine to throw into the compost and degrade fine on their own if they fall onto the groud.
- kjs3 3y ago
  Because olive or sunflower oil are the only oils that get onto a pizzabox? Said noone who has ever actually seen a pizza.
  - dnadler 3y ago
    Wait is this really an issue? It’s not like it’s some petroleum product, it’s always some kind of vegetable oil, right?
    - Ekaros 3y ago
      Animal fats also compost reasonably fine. I think most come from cheese that is milk fats or from meats. But none of those should be any issue either.
      - kjs3 3y ago
        Reasonably fine for large scale/municipal composting. Last time I checked there was a lack of strong consensus on whether animal fat always composts well in someone's backyard composter, so YMMV. But the reply was really poking fun at the idea that pizza fat (outside of strict vegan pizza I guess) is exclusively plant based.
    - kjs3 3y ago
      It is when you order one with cheese. Or with pepperoni. Bacon. Sausage. Etc. Etc.
garfij 3y ago
It is no longer the case that pizza boxes are not recyclable. Paper Mills all over the country have no problem recycling them even with grease and cheese on them. Some localities haven't updated their guidelines so please check yours and let people know. https://www.afandpa.org/news/2021/lets-set-record-straight-pizza-boxes-are-recyclable https://www.afandpa.org/news/2021/lets-set-record-straight-p... https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/yes-you-can-recycle-your-pizza-boxes https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/yes-you-can-recycle-your-p...
ceph_ 3y ago
Source on pizza oil making cardboard uncompostable?