Domino’s has finally settled the argument over whether you can throw your used pizza boxes into recycling. Now, printed on every pizza box they deliver in the US, Domino’s is including specific recycling instructions for the customer’s area. Why? Literally billions of corrugated cardboard pizza boxes have gone unrecycled over the years because both consumers and recycling companies believed the leftover grease, sauce, and cheese might gum up the recycling machinery, or weaken the quality of the recycled paper material. To look into the matter, the company that makes Domino’s pizza boxes, West Rock, commissioned a study to see if boxes made up of 20% pizza grease by weight would harm the recycling process. No difference in machine function or quality of recycling paper material was observed, despite the fact that they used an unrealistically greasy box. With that cleared up, Domino’s is now printing everything a customer needs to know to recycle their pizza box right onto the box, including statements like: “Grease DOES NOT Impact the Recyclability!” and “70% of Americans have access to pizza box recycling.” Domino’s recycling website includes contact info for recycling facilities to ask whether or not they accept boxes, as only 27% of US companies specifically mention they accept pizza boxes. LINK: https://recycling.dominos.com/
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