Pizza boxes disposal in Connecticut
What Connecticut says to do with pizza boxes, read off Connecticut DEEP's own page on 2026-08-19.
Connecticut requires corrugated cardboard to be recycled in every town, and DEEP's statewide What's IN, What's OUT guidance puts pizza boxes “IN” the recycling bin if there is no food or liners left in them. Read from Connecticut DEEP · checked 2026-08-19
Never put the box in the bin with food or the liner still in it — pizza boxes are "IN" the recycling bin only if there is no food or liners (Connecticut DEEP).
Pizza boxes are "IN" the recycling bin only if there is no food or liners left in them (Connecticut DEEP).
Where to take it
Your county program is listed in Connecticut DEEP's county program directory.
The program is RecycleCT.
Counties differ — verify with your local program.
All 50 states: Can you recycle pizza boxes? — the federal baseline, what happens to it, and every state's rule with the page it was read from.