Who doesn't love getting a package in the mail? And with the ever increasing rise in online shopping, more and more cardboard boxes are being used. But have you ever stopped to wonder how many trees are felled to produce all of those cardboard boxes (and other shipping material)? Well the new Life Box design by Paul Staments is seeking to change that reality.
The Life Box suite of products "builds upon the synergy of fungi and plants by infusing spores and seeds together inside of packaging materials that can be planted."
The company says that they currently have several versions of the Life Box in development, but the first to be available will be the "Tree Box", which is obviously a cardboard box with tree seeds embedded in it.
"The Tree Life Box is made of recycled paper fiber. In this fiber, we have inserted a wide variety of tree seeds, up to a hundred, dusted with mycorrhizal fungal spores. The mycorrhizal fungi protect and nurture the young seedlings. For millions of years, plants and beneficial fungi have joined together in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship."
In the future, each Life Box may qualify for up to one ton of carbon credits. The company says this is a possibility because 1 in 100 trees are estimated to survive 30 years and, on average, a 30 year old tree is able to sequester one ton of carbon. Obviously there are quite the hoops to jump through before a claim or rating of such a staggering magnitude could officially be declared.
Imagine the possible applications that such a box could fit into.
Earth and Industry says, "Planted Planet Productions, distributors of the Life Box suite of products say it could be ideally suited for DVD/CD mailers, pizza boxes, shoe boxes or even sleeves for hot beverage cups."
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