I was going to laugh at ‘pizza box’ being in English, but apparently the Dutch for ‘pizza box’ is ‘pizza box.’

Actually it's "pizzadoos".

Automated translation deceives me once again!

Dutch civil engineering is so legit lol.

The explanation for why it's in English is likely that it would be foreigners eating pizza in the park. Amsterdammers would probably just take it home to eat.

Always in the rear?

Yo tengo el gato los pantalones

Who wants to bet someone took a big pizza box, folded it in half, and tried to fit it in the main chute, but it got stuck?

Then they added in the pizza slot for the pizza sluts.

Amsterdammers will have pizza delivered bij thuisbezord.nl. This is definately for tourists in places like Vondelpark.

Need these in [insert region whose local pizza you hate].

As a Norwegian, that's what I read, "alltid inn bak".

And they literally put it in the box, telling me to recycle it.

Maybe the special slot allows them easy separation and then they burn it.

That's a pretty old rule. Last decade or so most recycling programs support and encourage pizza box recycling. Check with your local center.

That's a good false-friend. Bak apparently means "bin" in Dutch.

Yeah, Vondelpark is also the only place I saw them (and the picture looks like it too), but I am just a tourist too (albeit a frequent one).

TIL - There's actually a pizza joint in Florida US called Pizza Slut XD
https://www.pizzaslut.biz/

Funny, here in Germany, it's FLACHKUCHENSCHACHTEL.

The big slot is obviously for novelty sized currency coins.

Nah I use those as weights

in Florida

Of course

Orlando’s Best Mobile Sourdough Pizza Catering, Parties, Pop ups, Food Events, and More!

Based out of Orlando, FL - Serving Central Florida and Beyond!

Well, shit! They’re local! How about that?

How is the most American thing I've ever seen actually Dutch?

Wtf

"No food contact" in my area. Clean cardboard only.

are pizza boxes made out of unfoldable materials over there?

made out of metal probably.

This looks exactly like the speed cameras where I live. So I thought this was some kind of civil disobiedience post.

I find this hard to believe, but I've also done zero research. I have, however, dropped off many old pizza boxes at various places, and they always accept them for recycling. Maybe it's just more expensive and labor-intensive, but I doubt it's impossible...

It could be to separe the greasy box with clean cardboard/paper

There just be a lot of Domino's pizzas there. I get it

Domino's and New York Pizza. In case you accidentally bought a cardboard pizza there, now you can just throw it away without issue.

That rule varies by location. Some facilities can handle pizza boxes, but not all of them can. It’s best to call your local facility to make sure.

Usually my pizza comes on wax paper or the like, and the box is either grease free or close enough (like a tiny spot or two).

Or it's frozen/refrigerated, and wrapped on plastic, so, again, the box goes in recycle.

I don't put soiled things in recycle, but you can't tell, cause it rains often and everything ends up looking fucked.

gym weights

do you.. not recycle any food packaging??

The one in the middle? That's a very fat coin.

Came here to say that

Blue streak

Pizza boxes are technically recyclable, it’s just that they have to be recycled differently to other recyclable products due to the food particulates left behind on the boxes, and also other recyclable products cannot be contaminated by the same food particulates, hence why they likely have a separate section for pizza boxes.

To a norwegian, dutch is a bit like trying to interpret a very, very drunk person. You think you get the gist of what they're saying but you're just not entirely sure.

Yep, my Swedish brain would walk around that container looking for the special hole for garbage, and then realizing all those holes go to the same place.

I mean if the recyclers state "no food contact" I'm assuming yes... Heck are they supposed to do

Can't people just... Smush the boxes in? Lol

But it looks like it all goes into the same place.

In my locale, take-out pizza is usually provided directly on the interior surface of the pizza box, and so any grease spilling between slices or over the sides (garlic butter sauce on the crust dripping over the edge of the crust, for example) lands directly on the box.

I recycle any food packaging my local recycling facility permits.

Where I live we’re now supposed to put pizza boxes in the yard waste/civic compost bin

This is for the well-behaved, for the others, it's "pizzadonts".