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How we came up

with the idea

 

After discussing many options about how to reduce the various items in the landfill, As a team, we came up with the idea of making a pizza box insert.  

 

The insert would keep the pizza hot, it would keep the cardboard box clean, and the insert itself would be washable and recyclable.

 

Why is this necessary you might ask? Well, whenever food contamination is found on the cardboard or paper it can no longer be recycled. So our solution was to design an insert of recyclable material, to prevent the food contamination. Then, the insert would prevent these millions of cardboard pizza boxes from ending up in landfills. Pretty good idea, right?

 

We came up with the material (a plastic that is considered a #1 when recycled called PET*), the proper sizes needed, cost (in bulk less than 10 cents each), and were getting ready to make a prototype, until, low and behold, we hit a roadblock. We discovered that a company in Italy had beat us to the idea, and have developed a prototype of their own.

 

However, in America, they are not yet available and the company in Italy is trying to get funding for their prototype, because it is not fully finished. Therefore, we decided, that instead of completely changing our idea, we would simply try to help market theirs, so people all over the world would know about it! Below is a brief over view of the product. If you would like to know more click the link to go to the

Vinni Pizza insert!

 

Vinni, the 100% recyclable pizza box!

 

Vinni was developed out of an idea that was simple yet difficult to realize, i.e. that of creating a 100% recyclable pizza container.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Title: “PIZZA UNDERPLATE TO INSERT IN PIZZA CARDBOARD BOXES”

 

SUMMARY

This device is made of a polyethylene terephthalate(*PET) film to be inserted under the pizza inside the cardboard box. It is provided with side handles and a front flap to pull it out of the box or the tray with no lid. The embossed tracks on the upper part allow the air to circulate under the pizza as well, whereas the tracks in negative relief help to cut the pizza in slices.

 

DESCRIPTION

This invention has been specially designed for pizza cardboard boxes. At present, the most common containers for the transport of pizzas and other kinds of bakery products are corrugated CARDBOARD BOXES, which can be recycled only if clean. However, while transporting the pizza from the pizzeria to the client, the food creates water vapour which condenses inside the box and gradually cools down, thus compromising the food organoleptic properties.

These containers are permeable to the oil and the grease released by the pizza, which can leak out of the box. When this happens, the cardboard parts stained with grease cannot be recycled. A useful solution to all these inconveniences is given by the pizza underplate, made of a food plastic film and provided with handles, which is placed on the base of the box or the cube/tray during assembly.

If you would like to help us to make VINNI an everyday life product and to produce this revolutionary device that allows you to recycle pizza cardboard boxes and to protect the environment, then you are in the right place. Please find below some useful information and technical drawings related to VINNI. For further information and future collaborations, do not hesitate to contact us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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