If you're anything like me, you end up with a few pizza boxes kicking around your kitchen once in a while. The big cardboard boxes can be recycled if they are absolutely clean of any food debris, but that rarely is the case. A New York design firm believes it has solved the pizza box waste problem--or at least found an innovative way to repurpose them.

The Green Box by Ecoincorporated is designed to easily break down into four plates for you and your pizza-loving guests. And perhaps the coolest part, if there are any leftovers, the other half of the box folds into a handy leftover pizza box that is half the size of its bulky progenitor (see video below). The best aspect of the Green Box from a business standpoint is that it is manufactured at no additional cost.

Reprinted with permission from Earth & Industry