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Residential recycling and disposal search tool

Chinese food takeout boxes - paper

How to recycle Chinese food takeout boxes

Food take out boxes

  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put empty and clean paper Chinese food take out boxes:

  • Into your blue cart for recycling
  • Take to a community recycling depot

Special instructions

Remove the metal handle first and put in your black cart as garbage.

Why can't this be composted?

Takeout food boxes have a plastic lining to prevent the container from becoming soggy. To ensure we are creating the highest quality compost possible, leave this item out of your green cart.

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