Not a bin

[fireheart]

Yeah, the "smokers' oasis" poles (or whatever you care to call them) that I've seen still have a small enough opening that people will cram paper stuff in there.

...which sometimes then catches fire, and you have to start dumping water inside in the hopes it will put it out.

In our case it usually does help. We can tell that it's the pole just by the smell.

[Yarnil]

Yarnil, I can't speak for elsewhere, but in my city, it's long time recycling program does not allow for pizza boxes to be put in the cardboard recycle, due "contamination", in regards to the grease and stuff that's soaked in/stuck, that somebody was too lazy to lick off of the box.

In the last year or so though, they've added food composting to the yard composting that's been around as long as basic recycle. Those who are on the program, (we aren't on it at my apartment bldg ), can just toss food contaminated cardboard, paper towels, napkins and such, in the compost bin.

Mike

Ah, ok. Here in the Netherlands we just toss the boxes with the paper and let them be recycled.