Disposable dishware, like red solo cups, are not recyclable and belong in your garbage cart. Although disposable dishware is a common staple at many gatherings, they can be pretty hard on the environment.
In fact, the chemical bond responsible for making a red solo cup durable also makes it resistant to decomposing. This means it can take a single red solo cup up to 450 years to fully decompose.
Additionally, these items have remnants of food waste on them anyway, which can contaminate a whole load of clean recyclables