The Bite:
Dandy: This year, switch out your disposable foodware habit for a reusable one to save resources and cash, and you'll be in vogue for 2009.
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01.05.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 1:32am.
The Benefits:
- More cash for fashion. Just talkin' paper plates: If you use three per day in your home, you'll easily shell out more than $100 a year (for the sturdier kind).
- Stylish eco-savings. Each year, Americans toss out enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times if you laid them end-to-end. Plus, dishwashing takes less water than producing new disposable plates.
Personally Speaking:
Heather gifted her set of old utensils to the SF office, so we never run out; we've also amassed a ragtag collection of mugs and mason jars.
Wanna Try:
Start to pay attention to the disposables you use each day, and switch to reusable options (at bars, restaurants, home, wherever):
Cocktail Fact
According to the Global Language Monitor, which keeps track of how often certain words are associated with other words in the media, NYC is the most fashionable city, followed by Rome and Paris.
Bang For The Bite
Disposable foodware is sometimes unavoidable, but if 10,000 Biters fill their own mugs at the café every day, in a year we'll avert the weight of 1,517 baristas in disposable-cup waste.
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