Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Pizza Plates

By: Paige

Paige — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:18:36 +0000

Rosemary,

Pizza boxes, or any cardboard, stained with grease canNOT be recycled. If your recycling center accepts it that means they probably seperate the greasy cardboard from the uncontaminated cardboard before it goes to the next step. It would be better to go ahead and seperate it yourself before sending it to the recycle center because you run the risk of an undetected greasy box ruining a whole batch of cardboard recycling, doing more harm than good.

If you’ve found a method that recycles greasy cardboard please provide a link to the info. That would be a wonderful breakthrough and I would gladly stand corrected.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:23:41 +0000

@Paige,

I think it is great that you point out that some reclying systems can’t take greasy cardboard. However, the take home message is actually to check your local reclycling arrangements.

Our recycling centre actually specifically mentions used pizza boxes as something that can be recycled. It all depends on the contracts / arrangements that your local centre has.

By: SpecialK08

SpecialK08 — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:21:34 +0000

and they’re not microwave safe

By: Haira

Haira — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:23:37 +0000

We never need plate(s) to eat pizza, using one hand to eat and the other to support just in case bits fall off

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000

I use the same Franciscan Whitestone dishes that I had growing up. I bought additional pieces on Ebay which is a great source if you’re missing parts of your dinnerware set.

I purchased some additional plain white soup/cereal bowls at Crate & Barrel.

As for those pizza plates taking up space in the closet, I say just donate them and don’t say anything. Since they’ve never been used, I’m sure they won’t be missed.

By: Paige

Paige — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:53:01 +0000

Cara,

Pizza boxes with grease on them canNOT be recycled. It will actually ruin an entire batch of recycled cardboard if one sneaks into the batch. The lids on pizza boxes can be recycled as long as they don’t have grease on them. The GreenBox is a bad idea because you would be adding grease to the box lid which could have been recycled if you had eaten on plates instead.

Here is a link explaining this. http://earth911.com/news/2009/.....x-mystery/ For more info just google “are pizza boxes recyclable”.

By: Laetitia in Australia

Laetitia in Australia — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:59:16 +0000

I’m a bit perplexed – whatever happened to using one’s hands to hold the pizza as you eat it? Use the box to catch the stuff that falls off if you must.

By: Christine in Australia

Christine in Australia — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:15:45 +0000

All I can see is the pizza falling off these things. You’d have to be very careful how you put the slice on the place, not to mention all the bits that ooze off the side.

I have a set of the “unbreakable” Corelle plates for every day – my “good” china is a really nice antique set. They are indeed correct about the Corelle being “unbreakable” – what really happens is that it literally shatters into millions of tiny fragments that migrate all around the house.

By: catmom

catmom — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:42:50 +0000

I will pass on these. Cute, but like the other commenters, they would just take up space. My husband and I eat our pizza on regular plates the same ones we use for everything else. If we had good china, we’d eat pizza on those as well!

By: Zen friend

Zen friend — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:33 +0000

Over time, my wedding-present white Wedgewood has also become my daily china. Another classy basic that, like a well-made dress, can go more places than you’d think

Pizza plates = Hawaiian print shirt = not at all practical, but great fun if that sort of thing makes you smile and you have the closet space.

By: Cara

Cara — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:49:07 +0000

Do you know about GreenBox? It’s the amazing multitasking pizza box. The lid is perforated and breaks into four square plates. The base is also perforated and you can fold it in half to make a storage box for the leftovers. I’m not affiliated, I just got a pizza in a GreenBox the other day and I was blown away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQBjJjpkjl0

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:24:47 +0000

@Jane Allen — Ha! You’re right, plates don’t work so great with soup

By: Jane Allen

Jane Allen — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:01:10 +0000

“Circular plates are inclusive and open to all food eating experiences.” Except soup and cereal. But who is keeping score …

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:52:13 +0000

We have similar pizza plates. We received them as a wedding gift. At first, we thought they were a bit hokey, but now have gotten used to them. We always use them when we eat pizza (no problem with squeezing in space for dipping sauce and I also live in the DC metro area). We CAN squeeze two pieces onto a plate at a time if need be, but typically we try to grab one serving at a time because it’s a better habit. Now that we have kids, they look forward to using them. We have space for them so we keep them (otherwise, they would be outta’ here). And luckily, we have 3 kids so the odd 5 pizza plate gift works out for us.

I am also in the process of using my fine china for everyday use as our regular dishes have slowly succombed to aging/kids/dishwasher/etc over time. Initially, I thought of getting Corelle when the kids were first learning to take their own dishes to the sink, but now I am just trying to get rid of my everyday dishes first before I start using the “fancy” ones.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:48 +0000

We got these plates as a wedding gift last year (with a bunch of other pizza-themed stuff). I immediately wanted to get rid of them or regift them, but my husband put up a fuss. Now they take up space in the closet. We’ve never actually used them. Ughh.