Disposable plastic utensils may be small, but their collective carbon footprint is massive. In the U.S., more than 100 million plastic utensils are used daily, amounting to about 40 billion plastic utensils used annually—most of which can’t be recycled because of their size, shape, and hard-to-identify materials. These plastics end up in landfills, taking up …
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Gallup reports that in 2019, 74% of Americans worried about the state of the environment, and 77% worried about contamination of soil and water by toxic waste. Despite the widespread support for taking our environment seriously, we’ve found that too often, talk is cheap. Buying compostable materials and disposing of waste properly is a surprisingly …
In 2018 alone, more than 54 billion pounds of plastic ended up in U.S. landfills, where it will sit for up to 1,000 years before decomposing. We have a long way to go as a country to reverse the upward trend of plastic use, but we can easily start with disposable utensils. Replacing the 40 …
We once thought cutting down trees was a terrible thing. The truth is that it does not have to be. When done in a sustainable way wood is one of the most environmentally friendly materials available today. Wood is a key component in making environmentally friendly disposable utensils. Plastic is by far the most commonly …
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Single-use plastics represent a real, long-term risk for the environment and humans. Disposable wooden utensils are a sustainable alternative. They are a way for consumers and businesses to significantly reduce the world’s reliance on single-use plastics. In the U.S. alone 40 billion individual plastic utensils are used every year. This is just a small part …
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