Thread by @fortworthchris

Who is creating a company that focuses on picking up or monetizing used cardboard boxes from homes and businesses?

The amount of boxes we throw away annually (80B in US) is insane and it’ll get worse.

There has to be some kind of opportunity here.

My initial ideas (zero clue if these could actually be profitable).

1.A subscription service (like the trash company) that comes by weekly and collects customers' boxes (maybe even pays you a small amount).

I’d assume lots of ways to monetize the billions of boxes collected.

2. OR create drop-offs so customers can deliver & verify their total boxes, and get paid (likely more for each box than idea #1).

3. An on-site product that shreds or molds cardboard for higher better use products. Not sure if there’s a demand for things made of cardboard.

80 BILLION BOXES - don’t tell me there isn’t an opportunity here!

Or maybe @JeffBezos is already working on this. If this existed, we’d swap boxes with their drivers daily. God knows Amazon comes by our house twice a day w/ packages.

Large MF properties are going to have to rethink their mailroom situation.

The same is true for office buildings. No telling how many packages we get a week. I can’t imagine what a large company gets.

I’d love to invest in the right team that works on this.

@ShaanVP & @theSamParr y’all know anyone?