Separate collection: where to throw the pizza box?

Where to throw the pizza boxes? This is a doubt that may have caught many of our readers unprepared.

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Where to throw i pizza cartons? It is a doubt which could have caught many of our readers unprepared, after one of the most classic dinners in the company of friends.

For those who want to scrupulously carry out the collection, both in the event that in one's own municipality it is carried out door to door, and in the event that one has to go personally to the bins or platforms intended for it, here are some tips for you.

I takeaway pizza containers they are usually made in cardboard or cardboard and often carry unambiguous symbols above them indicating the possibility of recycling.

But be careful: the possibility of conferring in the paper collection the pizza boxes are valid only for portions of them that are completely clean. If it is usually easy to remove food residues, dirt or grease from plastic or glass containers, the same rule does not apply to pizza boxes, as well as in the case of paper napkins and handkerchiefs or other similar devices Single-use disposable, which should be avoided as much as possible to reduce the amount of waste produced daily by each of us and by our families.

Unfortunately, portions of paper that are not completely clean can ruining an entire batch of paper destined for recycling. So that this process can go smoothly, be careful to allocate paper collection containers exclusively correctly selected materials and clean.

In the case of pizza boxes, you can try to manually separate the clean part of the container, usually represented by its sides and the lid. Some parts of the cardboard base could remain clean and it would therefore be good to try to separate them carefully with the help of scissors.

If the intact cardboard parts can be used for separate paper collection, where to throw away the dirty and greasy portions? In the event that the separation and collection of the organic fraction of municipal waste is not carried out in your municipality, they must be transferred to the bag, bin or bin. unsorted waste.

In the event that it is carried out, it is necessary to keep in mind that the list of waste admitted in the staff collection may vary from city to city. It would therefore be advisable to consult the explanatory leaflets that in the most virtuous Municipalities are delivered to citizens every year, perhaps accompanied by free bags to be used for recycling, or inquire at the municipal offices, who will be able to indicate the possibility of differentiating the boxes in question so that they are destined for the composting.

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