Read Why to Skip Delivery and Make Your Own Pizza

According to Be More Eco, if you suspected that you probably shouldn't be sneaking your grease-soaked pizza box into the recycling bin, you were right. Earth911 lays it out in black and white: "Pizza boxes that are tarnished with food, or any paper product that is stained with grease or food, are not recyclable—unless you remove the tainted portions."

But that's certainly not the only reason why making your own pizza is SO much greener.

Delivery or not these guys have traveled a long way to get to your door.

Yes, adding to the delivery list of an individual whose entire job is to drive around all day dropping off pizza for the ultra lazy is not good for the planet. But even if you pick it up, you are still driving your car and wasting fossil fuels to get your pie. What's more, the ingredients that go on your pizza have already likely traveled across the country to get to your pizza joint. Especially if you're dealing with a huge chain, don't think that your veggie supreme sourced its mushrooms, peppers, and mozzarella from local organic vendors, realize that a restaurant delivery company truck delivered your factory farm produced goods in from 1,500 miles away.

That bubbling gooey mess on top is loaded with antibiotics.

Unless the cheese is organic, the ten pounds of cheese bubbling on top are bad for you and the planet. Today's commercial brands are loaded with antibiotics and growth hormones. Make sure your milk and other dairy is from organically-fed cows without the extra rBST, rBGH, and antibiotics.

Homemade tastes so much better.

And it's really not very much work. By the time your delivery arrives, you could have made your own and feel good about what your feeding your family. Make Emeril's Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.