How to recycle bakery boxes
Examples of bakery boxes and bags
- Cake and cupcake boxes
- Cookie boxes
- Donut boxes
- Bread bags
- Dessert bags
- Pie box
How to dispose
There are two ways to dispose of bakery boxes and bags depending on how dirty they are.
Clean boxes and bags
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Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot
Put empty and clean bakery boxes and bags:
- Into your blue cart for recycling
- Take to a community recycling depot
Food-dirty boxes and bags
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Put into your green cart
Put food-dirty bakery boxes and bags (food chunks, icing-covered etc.) into your green cart for composting
Special instructions
Put leftover crumbs and food into the compost.