Trying to be a good recycling citizen...

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

If I've determined that removing a certain food residue (peanut butter from the walls of a jar, dried cheese from a paper to-go container, etc) is not something I am invested enough in being a good person to do... should I put it in the trash or recycling?

Comments

[nathanjw]

Oddly, next door Cambridge's single-stream recycling explicitly permits pizza boxes - "oil stains OK". I don't know if they're having them processed differently or just think it's better to get people on board with recycling or what.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

So does Somerville. From the city's page on trash procedures (http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/dpw/trash-procedures):
These items can be recycled.

...

Cardboard and paperboard - Including pizza boxes ( make sure to remove all food waste from the boxes).