Sugar Cane Makes Disposable Plates Twice as Sweet
Summer brings with it park picnics, laptop dinners at the Hollywood Bowl and backyard barbeques. But in this age of responsible consumption do you have to bring your good silverware and ceramic plates, in lieu of paper plates and plastic sporks? No fear, there's another way to enjoy al fresco dining without toting either the Styrofoam OR Grandma's china.
EcoProducts is the one-stop shop for compostable disposable picnic-ware and more. Everything from the plates to the cups to the sporks is made of sustainable, compostable elements like corn and sugar cane. This means you can pop all this stuff in to your composter when you've finished with it, or find a composting location, and it will go back from whence it came.
The clear plastic cups, perfect for a cold frosty one, are made of corn plastic. The plate with three sections, a spot each for baked beans, potato salad and BBQ, is crafted from sugar cane plastic. Even the heavy weight plastic utensils are made of corn, too. They even have take-out containers. Seriously. And all of it is strong, efficient and totally eco-fuzzy.
There are also coffee cups, napkins, soup containers and two bazillion other alterna-options for all your disposable eating needs. The products are great for offices, businesses and restaurants, as well.
Why, do you wonder, is everything compostable as opposed to recyclable? Because once a paper plate is covered with goo it can not be recycled. It's simply too difficult to separate the pizza cheese from the paper in order to recycle it. (Which means that sticky pizza box is no good in the blue bin either.)
So go ahead, barbeque away in glorious green style with EcoProducts. Besides, Granny would plotz to see your greasy pork ribs sliding around on her wedding china.
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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