New York City Takes Aim At Rodents By Installing Pizza Box Recycling Bins



There are an estimated 1,800 pizza parlors in New York City, and it’s clear from media reports that rats love the Italian food. How many times have you seen news articles that feature big, fat rats toting off a slice of pizza? There’s just one problem: all those pizza boxes not only can’t be recycled, they’re the enticement for the furry little rodents. That’s why city officials have opted to install pizza box recycling bins throughout the city. Central Park Conservancy is testing a new pizza box recycling initiative by placing square bins with narrow slots around the city, allowing people to simply stop, drop, and roll out. With an obscene amount of pizza deliveries made each day in the Big Apple, the city was determined to find a solution to the problem of waste. Judgment day falls after Labor Day, when city officials will decide whether to install more of the $1,500 custom bins — each of which can hold about 50 pizza boxes — across the entire city. For the sake of New Yorkers, the litter crisis, and their furry friend dilemma, the rest of the country is rooting for them.