Pizza Boxes Alternative ways to recycle Put in Organics/Compost Takeout pizza boxes belong in the organics. They are not accepted for recycling. Frozen food boxes can be recycled with paper. LunaseeStudios / Shutterstock.com Frozen Pizza Boxes Contain Plastic Frozen pizza boxes aren’t just paper. They are lined with a layer or two of plastic to help keep preserve contents while frozen. Find out what to do with frozen food boxes. Alternative Ways to Recycle Use as Weed Prevention in Your Garden For any gardener preparing to battle weeds, laying down cardboard below the soil works as weed prevention, pizza boxes included. Did You Know? The Cost of Recycling the Pizza Box Greasy pizza boxes contaminate clean recycling and are expensive for the recycling industry: It’s estimated that contamination costs recyclers $700 million per year due to damaged machinery, the cost of disposing of non-recyclable materials and wasted time. What Came Before Pizza Boxes? Around two-thirds of all pizzas are delivered in pizza boxes. Pizzas first were delivered in wax-lined paper bags just like pies. Between World War I and World War II, they started being delivered in boxes made from corrugated cardboard like they are today.