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**Ever ask if egg cartons can be recycled?** This query comes up a lot. **Great news!** Many **egg cartons** from cardboard or paper get recycled like other paper items. They go to recycling plants and turn into new paper stuff—neat, right? **Plastic egg cartons** need special care. Look at the bottom for a recycling number. Most towns take plastics marked **#1 or #2**, putting them through a method to create many items. Foam or **Styrofoam egg cartons**? Those are tough. They often can’t be recycled at the curb and need special drop-off places. Recycling the right way **helps** cut down trash, which greatly **benefits** our planet. So, when you finish those eggs, think about where that **carton** goes. Your **Earth** will thank you!
The answer is yes — with a few caveats:
- Paper or cardboard cartons are recyclable, just like any other paper without toxic ink. Styrofoam egg cartons are not recyclable.
- Since recycling requires energy, and recycled waste still goes to landfill, putting your egg carton in a compost pile is a better solution that recycling it.
- If you put a cracked egg back into the egg carton, or an egg is cracked and it leaks out, you cannot recycle the carton anymore because of food residue.
Better Alternatives to Recycling
Before you recycle your egg carton is use it for compost, try reusing it!
- Give them to people with hens. They love to reuse them and are always on the lookout for more. Oh and don’t worry about mites or parasytes because they clean the carton before reusing it.
- Use them as seed starters! Fill both the lid and wells with soil.
Love,
G.
