Domino’s Launches Website Feature To Encourage Pizza Box Recycling Domino’s Pizza Inc., one of the largest pizza companies in the world based on global retail sales, wants to increase the amount of pizza boxes entering the recycling stream. According to a recent press release, Domino’s is launching a new feature on recycling.dominos.com that customers can use to look up their zip code for their neighborhood’s status on pizza box recycling. Corrugated pizza boxes are technically recyclable, and a total of 73 percent of the U.S. population is estimated to have recycling programs available for pizza boxes, ac- cording to a Resource Recycling Systems access study commissioned by WestRock in fall 2019. Due to confusion around the recyclability of pizza boxes, Domino’s says some consumers may not realize pizza boxes can enter their recycling stream. The look-up tool on recycling.dom- inos.com will use zip codes to provide consumers with a clear answer on whether they can recycle the pizza boxes at their home, or in communities they’re visiting. “We have heard a lot of excitement from customers about pizza boxes being recyclable. However, sometimes they were confused about their local regulations,” said Jenny Fouracre, director of public relations for Domino’s. “This new tool on our recycling site should help to clarify the local regulations. We are also really happy to see com- munities nationwide communicating more clearly to resi- dents that they do want pizza boxes in their recycling bins, instead of the garbage cans.” Suzanna Caldwell, recycling coordinator for Municipali- ty of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services, saw news of the corrugated pizza box recycling study in late July. Caldwell reviewed the facts and decided Anchorage residents should be able to recycle their corrugated pizza boxes. She worked with her local recycling processor and waste hauler so that everyone in the Anchorage recycling stream was on board. “We’re always looking to accept more recycled material in Anchorage, and Anchorage also happens to be a bit of a pizza town,” Caldwell said. “Immediately after announcing the pizza box recycling update to the Anchorage commu- nity, people reached out to express their excitement ” If the recycling guidelines in a customer’s area do not explicitly state the acceptance of corrugated pizza boxes, they should be updated to clearly state that empty, corru- gated pizza boxes can be recycled like any other corru- gated box. Domino’s and WestRock are working with the industry to affect change and clear the confusion around pizza box recycling. Domino’s and WestRock are both members of The Re- cycling Partnership – a nonprofit dedicated to improving accessibility to and quality of recycling. Domino’s, West- Rock and Pratt Industries, partnered to fund The Recycling Partnership’s development of materials for municipalities to update their recycling programs to include pizza boxes.
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