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Did you just order Styrofoam with a side of noodles?

08.29.2007

Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 12:01am.
The Bite:
So you ordered kung pao. But you got kung pao; a Styro container; a plastic fork, knife, and spoon; four paper napkins; two packets of soy sauce; and a plastic-wrapped fortune cookie with a canned message. Takeout fiends: Try cooking a meal from scratch once a week to cut down on trash. One tasty dinner, no 'foam.
The Benefits: 
  • Fewer non-recyclable receptacles. More than 15 mil tons of polystyrene (aka Styrofoam) is produced each year, but less than 1% is recycled. Those utensils are hard to recycle too.
  • Safer Szechuan. Styrofoam is made using cancer-causing benzene and the brain toxin styrene.
  • Better eats. Just 'cause you're not Alton Brown doesn't mean you can't whip up something tasty that's bound to be better for you and the planet.
Personally Speaking: 
SF banned Styrofoam in takeout containers in June, so when SF Biters get takeout it comes in paper containers (several of which have already made their way into Heather's compost bin).
Wanna Try: 
  • Next time you reach for the takeout menu, think twice and cook at home (or get one of your fave chefs to cook for you).
  • Still craving delivery? Join a CSA that delivers whole foods and recipes to your door, and cook up something from our fave veggie cookbook, Simply in Season ($14).
  • BYOContainer. Keep a clean container (right next to your Biter bag) in your car in case you wind up with leftovers after dining out.
  • Got a takeout fiend for a friend? Forward this to them.

Cocktail Fact

In 2006, the average American ate 81 meals inside restaurants, but ordered 127 to go.

Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Biters cook at home instead of ordering takeout once a week, in a year we'll keep the weight of up to 7,722 orders of chow mein in trash outta landfills.

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