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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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.