Green Pizza Boxes
Going green — By Stephanie on April 24, 2009 at 6:25 am
Green Pizza Boxes are finally here!
If you’re like me, you probably order out for pizza at least once a week. Life just seems to get too busy to cook homemade meals everyday… But issues with recycling pizza boxes may slow you down (not to mention trying to cram that huge square, grease-covered box in your trash).
Never fear — green pizza boxes are here! All you need to do is convince your local restaurants to use them.
From E.C.O. (environmentally conscious organization) comes 100% recycled containers that not only hold your delivery pie, but also serve as plates for your dinner, and storage for left-overs.
Eco-friendly pizza boxes
The design is genius! Did you know that the pizza box design has not changed in 30 years? That is a ton of waste, if you ask me. Why wouldn’t major pizza delivery corporations like Dominoes, Pizza Hut and the like convert to green pizza boxes from ECO?
Maybe they need a little encouragement from us!
Information from the ECO website reveals:
“The ‘Green Box’ utilizes a standard corrugated pizza box manufactured from either ‘B’ flute or ‘E’ flute. While typical pizza boxes are currently manufactured from 60% recycled material, we are offering the option to use 100% recycled material, in accordance with FDA Title 21.”
As shown in the photo above, the box breaks into convenient-sized “plates” to reduce waste. And, you can still use the remainder of the green box to store leftover pizza, which will take up 1/2 of the space normally required for pizza delivery containers. Talk about a win-win!
We truly can “save the environment, one pizza box at a time.”
Are you with me? Who’s going to start a campaign to their local pizza delivery restaurant?
I’ve got the numbers posted on my fridge already….
Tags: eco-friendly pizza, environmentally conscious organization, green box, green pizza boxes, recycle pizza boxes
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12 Comments
… and it saves dishwashing, the lquid and the bottle for the liquid. Also, great for Kids Pizza Parties. Love the creativity. Saw you in NYC. Will pass on to all the Pizza stores in the neighborhood. Thanks!!!
Right on, Bob! Thanks for passing the info along, too.
Stephanie
LOVE this! I will start my ‘use the green box’ campaign in the morning. I have a local pizza place that we love to visit but taking out is always bothersome because of the pizza box issues you discussed. I am SO excited about this alternative!
Thanks for another fabulous and informative post!
That’s a solution I can sink my teeth into – couldn’t resist.
So, how do I push it to my local stores?
Hi AMillionBucks,
I would suggest finding the websites/email contact info for your local pizza joints and forwarding the article. You can also print it out and drop it off with the manager or owner of your favorite restaurant. Establishments like to show their customers they are going green, and this should definitely bring in more diners!
Good luck – Steph
this is such a clever idea!
check out this site about a cardboard oven
http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/752-The-Kyoto-Box-Simple-Solution-for-a-Big-Problem
A cardboard oven! I love it!
we are a major manufacturer of corrugated products, and i would be interested in talking with you about the possibility of manufacturing for you. please contact me.
how do i order some
best idea
best idea ,wish i thought of it ,how do i order some
As neat an idea as this is, it is NOT green. When grease hits a pizza box, it is NO LONGER RECYCLABLE and goes straight to a landfill. Ask any waste management/disposal facility that recycles. The grease ruins the recycled cardboard slurry and therefore has to be thrown in a landfill. This product simply spreads MORE GREASE over the box making it LESS RECYCLABLE! If you want a real green solution, go to http://www.flatpak.net. They have a 100% biocompostable pizza tray and biodegradable/recyclable plastic bag system that is 100% GREEN! The tray is made from 100% sugar cane fiber and turns into compost/mulch in 9 months. Grease or not, it doesn’t matter. The bag has a biodegradable additive that if it doesn’t get recycled, it will degrade within 3 years. NOTHING sticks to the plastic material so grease is not an issue in recycling there. The green box is neat but NOT GREEN! Sorry.