Looking to see if you know of any restaurants doing anything interesting for reducing takeout plastic waste.
Deposit for using Pyrex? Discount for byo? Etc
No discounts and nothing advertised, but I know a few local restaurants that are more than happy to give you your take out meals in your own container if you ask for it. Wouldn’t hurt to ask about it the next time you make an order somewhere.
Plastic straws are completely gone from all establishments where I live. The last one to do was Tim Horton’s, which happened in the last couple years.
ELI5, if plastic and paper are both recyclable and both not ideal for the environment, why is one better than the other?
It’s like bread dough and bread. Reshaping bread dough is easy. The same process doesn’t work for bread, but you can grind it into crumbs and make other foods with it. You probably won’t be able to make the same kind of bread, but you can use it for thickening sauces or deep frying things and it is a form of recycling. Trying to then recycle the next food is much harder.
