People in New York City love pizza so much that it’s causing a problem: a pizza box pileup! Visitors to the city’s famous Central Park often bring pizza to eat outside. Greasy boxes left on the ground create litter and attract rats. But the leftover boxes are too big to fit in regular trash cans and recycling bins.
In the spring of 2024, the organization in charge of the park introduced a solution—recycling bins specially designed for pizza boxes! Each bin holds up to 50 pizza boxes in a single tidy stack.
The bins worked! In the summer of 2025, 15 more bins were placed around the park. Now New Yorkers can enjoy their pizza and help keep the park litter free!