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After his girlfriend insisted that their empty pizza box should go in the recycling bin, a local man, 32, turned to the Recyclopedia to try and prove her wrong. 

"There's no way you can recycle that," he said. "Look, it has a grease stain on it." 

Despite his confidence, the RecycleSmartMA.org search results clearly indicated that pizza boxes are recyclable. The man declined to provide further comment, but we're told the pizza box did, in fact, get successfully recycled. 

#AprilFoolsDay #Recycling #Sustainability Recycle Reduce Reuse

After his girlfriend insisted that their empty pizza box should go in the recycling bin, a local man, 32, turned to the Recyclopedia to try and prove her wrong.

"There`s no way you can recycle that," he said. "Look, it has a grease stain on it."

Despite his confidence, the RecycleSmartMA.org search results clearly indicated that pizza boxes are recyclable. The man declined to provide further comment, but we`re told the pizza box did, in fact, get successfully recycled.

#AprilFoolsDay #Recycling #Sustainability Recycle Reduce Reuse
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It’s true: Food waste makes up almost a quarter of what we throw away every year in MA! In honor of International Day of Zero Waste, join the fight against wasted food. (Yes, there are more ways besides joining the “clean plate society,” but that’s good, too. 😉🍽️) Lettuce know your tips for reducing food waste in the comments!

Find more resources from @savethefood: savethefood.com/
Learn how MA is chomping down on food waste in our recent newsletter: link in bio 

#foodwaste #savethefood #internationaldayofzerowaste

It’s true: Food waste makes up almost a quarter of what we throw away every year in MA! In honor of International Day of Zero Waste, join the fight against wasted food. (Yes, there are more ways besides joining the “clean plate society,” but that’s good, too. 😉🍽️) Lettuce know your tips for reducing food waste in the comments!

Find more resources from @savethefood: savethefood.com/
Learn how MA is chomping down on food waste in our recent newsletter: link in bio

#foodwaste #savethefood #internationaldayofzerowaste
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Have you heard us shouting from the rooftops? All cups made of paper are recyclable now! 🙌 We’ve been getting a lot of follow-up questions, so we wrote a newsletter all about the update and the paper recycling process. 👀 Give it a read: link in bio 

#recyclingtips #massachusetts coffee cup recycling #recycling reduce reuse recycle

Have you heard us shouting from the rooftops? All cups made of paper are recyclable now! 🙌 We’ve been getting a lot of follow-up questions, so we wrote a newsletter all about the update and the paper recycling process. 👀 Give it a read: link in bio

#recyclingtips #massachusetts coffee cup recycling #recycling reduce reuse recycle
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