Episode 19
19. Pizza Boxes
There’s more than meets the eye to the box that stores the pie. Zachary Crockett cracks the lid.
The Economics of Everyday Things
October 2, 202315m 18s
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Show Notes
There’s more than meets the eye to the box that stores the pie. Zachary Crockett cracks the lid.
RESOURCES
- "Who Is the Fastest Pizza Box Folder?! World Pizza Games 2021," video by The Laughing Lion (2021).
- "Pizza Box Contamination Doesn’t Impede Recyclability, Association Says," by Megan Smalley (Recycling Today, 2020).
- "Scott's Pizza Chronicles: A Brief History of the Pizza Box," by Scott Wiener (Serious Eats, 2018).
- "Apple Patented a Pizza Box, for Pizzas," by Jacob Kastrenakes (The Verge, 2017).
- "We Eat 100 Acres of Pizza a Day in the U.S.," by Lenny Bernstein (The Washington Post, 2015).
- Pizza Tiger, by Thomas Monaghan (1986).
SOURCES:
- Patrick Kivits, president of corrugated packaging at WestRock.
- Eric Nelson, green business program manager for Johnson County, Kansas.
- Scott Wiener, founder of Scott's Pizza Tours.
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