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Say goodbye to boring old one-trick pony pizza boxes, and hello to the Swiss Army knife of cardboard pizza receptacles! It was 20 years ago that William Walsh, 42, ripped off a piece of a pizza box to give to a college buddy to use a plate. Now, after two decades of tinkering, necessity (or laziness) has become the mother of invention: Walsh has created GreenBox, which he hopes will revolutionize how Americans consume pizza.
The top of Walsh's box comes off and separates into four plates, while the bottom folds in half and becomes a new box for leftovers—taking up half the refrigerator space as a full-size box. Walsh is shopping the 100% recycled box around to vendors, and he says GreenBox can help save the environment by reducing paper plate waste. Of course, the powerful pizza box industry is probably going to break Walsh's legs over this, just like how the oil industry made sure water-powered cars never saw the light of day. Below, see the GreenBox in action!
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This is old news.
are you serious? this at least 6-12 months old.
old news is new news to some people. get over it.
The environment will be saved by ideas like this-you have got to be fucking kidding me...
yea i hear you, but at least it's something. people will buy pizza (and, therefore, boxes) no matter what. if it is made of recycled paper and can be used again instead of thrown out...why not?
Since this is a little late on the news front, check out these calories-per-slice pizzas: http://digg.com/d317feQ\\
om nom nom!
It's new to me. I think it's a fantastic idea! I would totally go to shops if they offered this box.
I didn't know about this either. I guess that makes me some kind of asshole.
Also, it take baby steps to help the environment. This is a perfect way to reduce waste. Kudus
This might be my favorite comment of the day! Well, the first part.
What I learned recently: If you get grease on cardboard it will not be recycled. Draw your own conclusions about using the top of the box as plates.
You are right -- pizza boxes are not supposed to be putin recycling because they are grease and food stained. (see the NYC recycling website). So maybe giving the paper one last useful function -- as a plate -- has some merit.
According to this official flyer, pizza boxes are good to go for paper recycling:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/downloads/pdf/contact/requests/decal_request/res_recy/rchecklist_english.pdf
According to this official flyer, pizza boxes are good to go for paper recycling:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/downloads/pdf/contact/requests/decal_request/res_recy/rchecklist_english.pdf
Maybe they could line the box with some sort of perforated environmentally friendly paper that doesn't bleed so you can then recycle the entire box and throw out only the paper.
you mean like this: http://www.amazon.com/Lightweight-uncoated-Disposable-Diameter-DXS702622WNP6/dp/B000Y9IWL6/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1256067050&sr=8-8
I'm going to start a blog of non-date related articles from other blogs and just post them myself, except I'm going to add my own non-proofread snippets. And then I'm going to get American Apparel to advertise on my site.
Great; bully for you. You're perhaps the 1500th person to post this sentiment here and I haven't seen any of your sites yet.
I'm more critical of Gothamist the site than most but the commenters here constantly stretch the boundaries of lameness, illiteracy, and failed stabs at comedy. Well, that's something, isn't it?
Congratulations tolu1973 on joining the club by being blatantly unoriginal, unfunny, and common with this post. Nothing personal: I'm sure the rest of your work is blinding, stellar, etc, and you're just having an off moment.
I already do this.
You do not need a pizza box to be perforated in order to tear it up and use it as plates. You can just do it yourself.
Pizza Facts:
* In the U.S., there are about 61,269 pizza parlors.
* Everyone in the United States eats about 23 lbs., or 46 slices, every year.
* Each year in the United States, 3 billion pizzas are sold.
* In America, the most popular ethnic food is Italian.
I wish I had thought of that! Imagine getting a penny for each box. That's (let me get the calculator) $30,000,000 a year? Jackpot!
I had this idea yras ago. seriously. didnt know it was worth some $$$$
Wait, I'm confused - leftover pizza?
mmmm pizza.
Its awesome, but in no way saves the universe. unless you were actually going to use a plate, then you saved a plate.