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Vanessa Vadim
Member since November 2008
Besides being an advice columnist, Vanessa Vadim is:
- an environmental activist
- an organic farmer and gardener
- a designer of edible landscapes and sustainable gardens
- an environmental consultant
- an artist
- a filmmaker
- Producer-in-Residence at Georgia State University
- a single momma, living with children in Atlanta
- unreservedly obsessed with all things Green and sustainable
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You're totally wrong about recycling pizza boxes. By saying so, millions will end up in landfills even though parts of them can be recycled. Instead of saying something stupid like "pizza boxes can't be recycled", my city prints a pamphlet with reasonable advice telling residents to tear off the top half of the box, where the logo is since that is usually not contaminated by food. So by telling people to throw out the whole box, there are probably lots of paper being discarded that otherwise could have been recycled. Before you say dumb things, please do research first. If my my city recycling program could think up the idea of recycling the lid of the box, why can't you? You probably have a lot of readers who follow your advice so next time, please try to avoid saying dumb things especially when they impact out environment.
Leslie,
Your concern for recycling is refreshing. About saying "dumb things": had I said "pizza boxes can't be recycled" or "throw out the whole thing" I'd agree with you. But this is what I said:
• You can always tear out the oily, cheesy parts of the pizza box and recycle the rest of the box. Don't stop there: Even the oily, cheesy part of your pizza box need not fill the landfill.