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 Composting
Pizza Today cites that Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day. A good percentage of that pizza generates a food-soiled box. Since the box is food stained, it cannot be recycled. However, it can be composted.
At Pagliacci, we noticed a lot of our produce boxes couldn’t be recycled either. By the end of 2005, we began composting at our locations. We are able to compost these boxes and our kitchen food waste. This small change in our operations has dramatically reduced our regular waste. We were named “2008 Recycler of the Year in Composting and Food Waste” by Washington State Recycling Association and one of the "Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction" by King County in 2010.
How Can You Compost Your Pizza Boxes?
Many waste management companies compost yard waste and have adopted a residential food scraps program that will allow you to dispose of your food scraps at home in your yard waste container.
For more information about composting, visit City of Seattle, City of Bellevue, City of Kirkland, King County or Cedar Grove Composting. Check with your waste management company to see if you can begin composting. Most Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland and Bothell neighborhoods do have a food scraps program in place.
Here is a list of items that you may be able to compost. Verify what your waste management company will accept with your yard waste.
Food-soiled paper – pizza boxes, kitchen paper towels, cups, plates, napkins, paper take-out cartons, milk cartons, shredded paper, waxed cardboard and food-soiled paper bags
Food scraps – fruit, vegetables, bread, pasta, grains, coffee grounds, coffee filters, tea bags, meat, chicken, fish, bones, eggshells, nutshells and dairy products
Plant and wood scraps – landscape vegetation, branches under 4 feet long and 4 inches in diameter, holiday trees, plants, flowers, untreated wood, wood pallets and crates
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