Disposable cups and plate, utinsels etc.

[Guest guest]

Trying to stay conscious of what I use and promote for family usage, I

would like to know if anyone could give me any idesas as to what I

could use and why, of course being better for the enviroment. Thanks in

advance.

[Guest guest]

There are now utensils being made out of cornstarch if you need to use

disposables. They compost easily.

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[Guest guest]

Are you asking because you WANT to use disposable stuff or because you want

to avoid it? I would avoid all so-called " disposable " stuff unless

absolutely necessary, and then I would only buy things that are compostable

for my own compost heap. For parties I have purchased old plates, cups and

silverware from a thrift store and stored them for later get-togethers.

It's cheap and reusable and keeps things out of landfills. For smaller

groups there's no reason why you can't ask people to bring their own bowls

and silverware. That's what my husband's school has done for parent nights,

and it's worked out just fine. Nothing disposable is really disposable.

 

Chandelle

 

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:16 AM, tdavissuperb <tdavissuperbwrote:

 

> Trying to stay conscious of what I use and promote for family usage, I

> would like to know if anyone could give me any idesas as to what I

> could use and why, of course being better for the enviroment. Thanks in

> advance.

>

>

>

 

 

 

--

" if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. "

 

~emma goldman

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Well, the very best is probably not using disposables. We use cloth

napkins and glass plates and glasses at most meals, stainless steel

water bottles, and occasionally some of the safer reusable plastic

things (like #5 cups for cold things or bowls for popcorn). Though, we

do go to restaurants and get take-out, so we use the paper napkins and

sometimes the included plastic ware for those meals - but come to think

of it, we should tell them to stop putting those things in our bags and

just use the silverware and napkins we have at home (duh). We've had

dinner parties of 25+ people and use our big stash of cloth napkins and

glassware/dishes/silver. And we have a picnic backpack that has

reusable plastic plates, glasses and metal silverware - and a cutting

board, salt and pepper shakers, cloth napkins and a table cloth, etc. -

really cute. So, we're able to do this at home, when we're out, and for

big parties. It really isn't that hard once you get into the habit -

napkins take up very little space in a load of laundry and I'd just

rather wash extra dishes than have extra trash. And it feels good to

have these little reminders of environmentalism/mindfulness during the

day. But, if you really want disposables - there are some new

compostable/biodegradable ones made from corn or bamboo.

Best of luck!

Lorraine

 

 

On

Behalf Of tdavissuperb

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:17 AM

 

Disposable cups and plate, utinsels etc.

 

Trying to stay conscious of what I use and promote for family usage, I

would like to know if anyone could give me any idesas as to what I

could use and why, of course being better for the enviroment. Thanks in

advance.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

There are disposables made from recycled paper, plastic, etc.  Best for the

environment, of course, is to not use any disposables.

 

If you tell us when you use these items, I suspect that you will get many

alternative suggestions.

 

Robin

 

 

“I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food.” –W. C. Fields

 

--- On Tue, 7/29/08, tdavissuperb <tdavissuperb wrote:

 

tdavissuperb <tdavissuperb

Disposable cups and plate, utinsels etc.

 

Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:16 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trying to stay conscious of what I use and promote for family usage, I

would like to know if anyone could give me any idesas as to what I

could use and why, of course being better for the enviroment. Thanks in

advance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

We haven't used disposable anything in a really, really long time. We have

small cloth napkins for daily use that a mama on diaperswappers.com made for me.

However, I'm hosting an anniversary party for my parents next week and b/c it's

a party for my parents, I can't count on my mom to help and was feeling

overwhelmed by doing all of the cooking, cleaning, prep, hosting, etc, so I

decided to order compostables from Aha Yes. http://www.aha-yes.com For

smaller parties, we have a set of about 40 reusable plastic plates, cups,

utensils, bowls.

 

C

 

 

ldemi

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:16:08 -0700

RE: Disposable cups and plate, utinsels etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi,

 

Well, the very best is probably not using disposables. We use cloth

 

napkins and glass plates and glasses at most meals, stainless steel

 

water bottles, and occasionally some of the safer reusable plastic

 

things (like #5 cups for cold things or bowls for popcorn). Though, we

 

do go to restaurants and get take-out, so we use the paper napkins and

 

sometimes the included plastic ware for those meals - but come to think

 

of it, we should tell them to stop putting those things in our bags and

 

just use the silverware and napkins we have at home (duh). We've had

 

dinner parties of 25+ people and use our big stash of cloth napkins and

 

glassware/dishes/silver. And we have a picnic backpack that has

 

reusable plastic plates, glasses and metal silverware - and a cutting

 

board, salt and pepper shakers, cloth napkins and a table cloth, etc. -

 

really cute. So, we're able to do this at home, when we're out, and for

 

big parties. It really isn't that hard once you get into the habit -

 

napkins take up very little space in a load of laundry and I'd just

 

rather wash extra dishes than have extra trash. And it feels good to

 

have these little reminders of environmentalism/mindfulness during the

 

day. But, if you really want disposables - there are some new

 

compostable/biodegradable ones made from corn or bamboo.

 

Best of luck!

 

Lorraine

 

 

 

 

 

On

 

Behalf Of tdavissuperb

 

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:17 AM

 

 

 

Disposable cups and plate, utinsels etc.

 

 

 

Trying to stay conscious of what I use and promote for family usage, I

 

would like to know if anyone could give me any idesas as to what I

 

could use and why, of course being better for the enviroment. Thanks in

 

advance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

We do not use dispoable kitchenware at our house. We switched to

reusable items last school year. It took a while to get used to because

I had more dishes to do and I don't have a dishwasher, But I have

worked out a system and if spending a few extra minutes doing dishes

keeps plastic out of landfills, then I will do my part. I noticed that

since swithching from using alot of disposable items to almost none,

that I went from five-six garbage bags a week to one- two! I do still

use paper towels and napkins, but am switching to cloth napkins and am

using old tshirts for cleaning rags. I have also purchased a set of

PRESERVE cutlery. It is made from recycled plastic, can be recycled,

and is reusable. I plan to use these with school lunches. Last year I

had a hard time sending my duaghter with anything she couldn't eat with

her hands. Her school doesn't allow metal utensils and I was trying not

to purchase disposable ones. I found them at WholeFoods. Hope this has

helped.

[Guest guest]

I thought this was a fun Ideal Bite about cloth napkins.

 

 

 

http://www.idealbite.com/tiplibrary/archives/biters_of_the_cloth/

 

 

 

I recommend this to anyone who hasn't signed up, it comes daily via email

with tips and tricks for going greener.

 

 

 

Paige

 

 

 

 

 

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On

Behalf Of Jacqueline Bodnar

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:43 PM

 

RE: Disposable cups and plate, utinsels etc.

 

 

 

 

Napkins! Avoid buying the paper ones at the store. It's a waste of

resources. Invest in a good set of cloth napkins. My kids use them and

usually only have a dab here or there on one. They can typically use the

same napkin for days. I fold it and keep it at their place at the table.

Saves water of washing them less. Of course if they are really soiled

they go to the wash right away, but for one or two little dabs at a meal

they are still good for another!

 

We don't buy disposable plates, cups, etc. We use everything we can use

over again to cut down on waste.

 

Jacqueline

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

We also use the PRESERVE reusable stuff.  I love it.  They are so easy to clean

and hold up to heat pretty well.

 

And for my 8 year old's school lunch, we use a Laptop Lunchbox.  I hate having

to clean it every single night, but my husband helps with that.  :-)  I feel

great not sending my son with tons of TRASH to throw out every day.

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Good point.. , chandelle

<earthmother213 wrote:

>

> Are you asking because you WANT to use disposable stuff or because

you want

> to avoid it? I would avoid all so-called " disposable " stuff unless

> absolutely necessary, and then I would only buy things that are

compostable

> for my own compost heap. For parties I have purchased old plates,

cups and

> silverware from a thrift store and stored them for later get-

togethers.

> It's cheap and reusable and keeps things out of landfills. For

smaller

> groups there's no reason why you can't ask people to bring their

own bowls

> and silverware. That's what my husband's school has done for

parent nights,

> and it's worked out just fine. Nothing disposable is really

disposable.

>

> Chandelle

>

> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:16 AM, tdavissuperb

<tdavissuperbwrote:

>

> > Trying to stay conscious of what I use and promote for family

usage, I

> > would like to know if anyone could give me any idesas as to what I

> > could use and why, of course being better for the enviroment.

Thanks in

> > advance.

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

> --

> " if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. "

>

> ~emma goldman

>

>

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