Can you recycle pizza boxes?

What each state's own agency says about pizza boxes: the page it was read from, the date it was read, and where that state takes it.

The federal baseline

EPA answers the material question directly: "Yes! Pizza boxes can be recycled, even if they have grease in them. Make sure to remove any food scraps from the box and flatten it before placing it in the bin." That is a statement about what mills can take, not a rule any household has to follow — the same EPA page says "your local program may have different rules" and tells readers to "check with your local recycling program to find out if they accept these items." No federal law sets what goes in a household recycling bin; the list comes from your state and the program that picks it up.

Read from EPA.

What happens to it

1. Cardboard goes into blue-bin or curbside recycling with paper, cans, and bottles
2. The load travels to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where the materials are sorted by type
3. Sorted cardboard goes on to a processing facility, where it is pulped
4. The pulp is sold to manufacturers, who use it as post-consumer recycled content in new products

Steps read from Vermont DEC.

All 50 states

One row per state, with the sentence its agency page states, the page itself, the date it was read, and where that state says to take it. A state whose name links has a page of its own; for the rest, this row is everything that state says.