Frogbox Durham

Specialties

Saving the planet… one cardboard box at a time

History

Established in 2008.

The first location opened in Vancouver in 2008. Seattle opened in 2009 and Toronto in 2010. Since its exposure on Dragons Den in January 2011, Frogbox is now open in 14 territories and growing more each month.

Meet the Business Owner

Nigel F.

Business Owner

Nigel Foy is our Durham Region Frogbox franchise partner. Nigel has called the Durham Region home since 1989 when he moved here from overseas. Nigel has lived in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Haiti and Liberia. Having spent a lot of time living in developing countries, he has seen first hand how precious a resource fresh, clean water is and how important it is to conserve that resource. Nigel is passionate about the Frogbox concept because of its solution to the enormous waste of energy and water involved in recycling billions of cardboard moving boxes that get used in North America every year.

Nigel is also a proponent of renewable energy and has been using biodiesel as an alternate source of fuel. An avid car enthusiast, Nigel loves tinkering with his biodiesel powered VW Jetta. Nigel’s hobbies also include baseball, swimming and bike riding. He often rides along the waterfront trail with his family in the summer, so if you see him riding along with his Frogbox T-​shirt, wav