Central Park introduces new pizza box recycling bin to curb rats

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Central Park introduces new pizza box recycling bin to curb rats
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New Yorkers eat a lot of pizza. They eat so much pizza that the dish warrants its own recycling bin.

If the program in Central Park is successful, New Yorkers could see more pizza box recycling bins at other park locations

Ahead of the summer season, Central Park now has a pizza box recycling bin in a busy area adjacent to the Great Lawn, The"The traditional circular waste bins are simply not designed to accommodate the boxes, leading to jammed cans that can attract rodents," Central Park Conservancy spokesperson Kat Brady added."On a warm busy day, the Conservancy can remove more than 100 boxes in this area of the Park alone."says residents can put them with paper recycling.

If the program in Central Park is successful, New Yorkers could see more pizza box recycling bins at other Central Park locations.this fall. It's where a wide range of experts from across the country will come together and"share best practices on rodent mitigation, and advance the science of urban rat management.

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