How MUCH oil on cardboard is “too much” to recycle?

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My city says don’t recycle pizza boxes or cardboard with oil on it. I get it, but where do you draw the line? Surely one speck of oil won’t ruin a whole batch of pulp, otherwise they would have no hope for a pure batch of paper. One out of 1 million people could ruin it each week. I saw a previous that discusses “why no pizza boxes” but it doesn’t explain how much grease is too much.

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The dudes at the sorting facility aren’t going to open it up and inspect it, they’re going to see a pizza box and divert that load to the landfill.

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