Got called out by a neighbor for my recycling habits

Last Tuesday my neighbor Bob saw me tossing a greasy pizza box into the blue bin and he just shook his head. He explained how the grease ruins the whole batch of paper recycling and now I feel dumb for never thinking about it. Has anyone else had a neighbor or friend point out something small you were doing wrong with your recycling?

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hannah_williams1mo ago

Read somewhere that just one greasy pizza box can contaminate a whole truckload of paper recycling and it ends up in the landfill anyway. Bob might be annoying but he's not wrong about that one. Next time just rip the greasy part off and toss the clean cardboard in the bin.

wood.john1mo ago

What is it with people thinking recycling centers just ignore the grease? I had a whole bin rejected once.