Debunking Beer Can Chicken: A Waste Of Good Beer, And Dangerous
Famous Death Row Last Meals
Photo: YouTube
Adding to the (occasional) guilt of finishing off a greasy, cheese-laden pizza is that awkwardly large, hard-to-trash pizza box -- do you bend it? Rip it into pieces? Leave it for someone else to deal with in the morning?
Whole Foods will be breaking this vicious cycle with the newly designed GreenBox, made to sustainably package, serve and store their take-out brick-oven pizza. Announced today by makers ECOvention, LLC, the boxes are manufactured from 100% recycled cardboard and are said to replace the need for paper plates (for serving), as well as plastic wrap or tin foil (for storage). The company realized that a standard 14-inch pizza box could breakdown into smaller reusable compartments, which could then be recycled more easily.
What's their secret? Clever perforation.
Flip the top back and note the dotted lines on the lid forming a perfect cross, or four plates. Once you've eaten at least half the pie, follow the lines on the remaining bottom of the pizza box and fold it in half, creating a small storage container to stash your leftovers slices (if any) in the fridge for later.
Thirty Whole Foods Markets across the Rocky Mountain region have already agreed to stock the GreenBox starting this August, with plans to expand its use to others across the country and into Canada. Need a visual? Check the demo.
Charlie Sheen Gets Back To His Roots
The List #0147: Escape a Car Underwater
WHOOPS! Obama Makes Big Gaffe
Visit the Maldive Islands Before It's Too Late
Reptiles Make Home in UK Man's Cable Box
Mariah Carey Curses And Busts Out Of Dress On Live TV
Springtime Budget-Busters -- Savings Experiment
Is This Woman Too Pretty To Work?
Killed Soldier In London Attack Identified
Distraught Mom Becomes Face of Oklahoma Storm
Mariah Carey Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction on Good Morning America
What It's Like To Talk To A 2-Year-Old
The Story Behind Hairspray
H&M's Plus-Size Model Jennie Runk Says She Chose To Gain Weight
Luke Wilson Caught Staring At Fan's Chest
Amanda Bynes Arrested, Undergoes Psychiatric Evaluation--See the Shocking Mugshot!
Best Friends Reportedly Die Holding Each Other In Tornado
Danny Tanner Is Fighting With Topanga
Rapper Accused Of Faking His Own Death To Escape Payments
New Trayvon Martin Evidence Features Incriminating Photos, Texts From Teen
Jury Foreman: '18 Days Of Testimony Hurt' Jodi Arias
Teenager's 'Awww'-Inspiring Drawing Wins Big At Google
Brave Woman Stood Down Armed London Attackers
WATCH: Police Force Shows Up To Support 5-Year-Old Who Lost Her Dad
LISTEN: Terror Inside Elementary School As Tornado Hits
Jodi Arias Jury DEADLOCKED
Bridge Collapses In Washington State
Woman Pictured 'Praying For & Comforting' Dying Victim
Helen Flanagan Launches PETA Campaign As Only She Knows How
Janet Jackson Joins The Billionaires' Club
Mum-Of-Two Faces Down Woolwich Attack Suspects
Woolwich Attack Victim Named As Lee Rigby
7-19-2010 @3:14PM bushidoka said... Oi! Greenwashing!
Reply
7-19-2010 @4:41PM Frank said... Really? Seems like a legit way to reduce waste and reuse a product.
7-19-2010 @4:47PM bushidoka said... If someone were really interested in reducing waste they'd make pizza at home. Takeout containers are simply not "green".
7-19-2010 @8:14PM Guido said... So... if you eat the pizza off the box, what do you put the left over in for breakfast?
Reply
7-19-2010 @11:51PM Elizabeth said... If you watch the video, only part of the box is removed to become plates, the other half folds in half again to house the leftovers. So you have to eat at least half your pizza.
7-19-2010 @11:50PM Elizabeth said... I saw a demonstration of this exact product over a year ago online, so I doubt it was developed by whole foods, but maybe bought by them? Or perhaps they just saw the popular online video and stole the idea wholesale.
Reply
7-23-2010 @12:22AM john said... Good step towards green culture
Reply