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Greasy pizza boxes: how to dispose of it in Korea

Remove leftover food, sauce containers, film and any liner from the box.

Paper and cartons

How to dispose of it

  1. Remove leftover food, sauce containers, film and any liner from the box.
  2. Separate clean cardboard from sections soaked with grease or food.
  3. Recycle only the clean paper sections and follow local general-waste instructions for the soiled parts.

Before you put it out

  • Keep the whole box out of clean paper recycling if it is heavily wet or contaminated throughout.
  • A box with an inseparable plastic coating or insulating layer is different from plain cardboard; check local guidance.

Sources & local guidance

Prepared by Pixelone, the developer of Korea Recycle Guide. Follow your municipality and building's current instructions when they differ from this general guide.

Guide reviewed: . This is not the source dataset's update date.

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