ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the
world based on global retail sales, wants to increase the
amount of pizza boxes entering the recycling stream. Domino's is
launching a new feature on recycling.dominos.com that
customers can use to look up their zip code for their
neighborhood's status on pizza box recycling.
Corrugated pizza boxes are technically recyclable, and a total
of 73% of the U.S. population is estimated to have recycling
programs available for pizza boxes, according to a Resource
Recycling Systems access study commissioned by WestRock in fall
2019. Due to confusion around the recyclability of pizza boxes,
some consumers may not realize pizza boxes can enter their
recycling stream. The look-up tool on recycling.dominos.com will
use zip codes to provide consumers with a clear answer on whether
they can recycle the pizza boxes at their home, or in communities
they're visiting.
"We have heard a lot of excitement from customers about pizza
boxes being recyclable. However, sometimes they were confused about
their local regulations," said Jenny
Fouracre, director of public relations. "This new tool on
our recycling site should help to clarify the local regulations. We
are also really happy to see communities nationwide communicating
more clearly to residents that they do want pizza boxes in their
recycling bins, instead of the garbage cans."
Suzanna Caldwell, recycling
coordinator for Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste
Services, saw news of the corrugated pizza box recycling study in
late July. Caldwell reviewed the facts and decided Anchorage
residents should be able to recycle their corrugated pizza boxes.
She worked with her local recycling processor and waste hauler so
that everyone in the Anchorage recycling stream was on board. She
communicated the news that pizza boxes would be accepted to
residents in August.
"We're always looking to accept more recycled material in
Anchorage, and Anchorage also happens to be a bit of a pizza town,"
Caldwell said. "Immediately after announcing the pizza box
recycling update to the Anchorage community, people reached out to
express their excitement – some called it the best news of
2020."
If the recycling guidelines in a customer's area do not
explicitly state the acceptance of corrugated pizza boxes, they
should be updated to clearly state that empty, corrugated pizza
boxes can be recycled like any other corrugated box. Domino's and
WestRock are working with the industry to affect change and clear
the confusion around pizza box recycling. Customers can help spread
the word in their communities by sharing the facts found on
recycling.dominos.com with their neighbors and their local
recycling coordinator.
Domino's and WestRock are both members of The Recycling
Partnership – a nonprofit dedicated to improving accessibility to
and quality of recycling. Domino's, WestRock and a second box
supplier, Pratt, partnered to fund The Recycling Partnership's
development of materials for municipalities to update their
recycling programs to include pizza boxes. The team in Anchorage
used these free resources to help convert their programs to accept
pizza boxes and communicate the change to their communities.
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960,
Domino's Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world based on
retail sales. It ranks among the world's top restaurant brands with
a global enterprise of more than 17,100 stores in over 90 markets.
Domino's had global retail sales of more than $14.3 billion in 2019, with over $7.0 billion in the U.S. and nearly $7.3 billion internationally. In the second
quarter of 2020, Domino's had global retail sales of more than
$3.4 billion, with over $1.9 billion in the U.S. and over $1.5 billion internationally. Its system is
comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 98% of
Domino's stores as of the end of the second quarter of 2020.
Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino's achieve more than
half of all global retail sales in 2019 from digital channels. In
the U.S., Domino's generated more than 65% of sales in 2019 via
digital channels and has developed several innovative ordering
platforms, including those for Google Home, Facebook Messenger,
Apple Watch, Amazon Echo, Twitter and more. In 2019, Domino's
announced a partnership with Nuro to further its exploration and
testing of autonomous pizza delivery. In mid-2020, Domino's
launched a new way to order contactless carryout nationwide – via
Domino's Carside Delivery™, which customers can choose
when placing a prepaid online order.
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About WestRock
WestRock partners with our customers to
provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them
win in the marketplace. WestRock's team members support customers
around the world from locations spanning North America, South
America, Europe,
Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.
About The Recycling Partnership
The Recycling
Partnership is a national nonprofit organization that leverages
corporate partner funding to transform recycling for good in
states, cities, and communities nationwide. As the only
organization in the country that engages the full recycling supply
chain from the corporations that manufacture products and packaging
to local governments charged with recycling to industry end
markets, haulers, material recovery facilities, and converters.
Since 2014, the nonprofit change agent diverted 230 million pounds
of new recyclables from landfills, saved 465 million gallons of
water, avoided more than 250,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases,
and drove significant reductions in targeted contamination rates.
Learn more at www.recyclingpartnership.org
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