Subj : Litter was: soda pop
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Sep 22 2022 12:10:07

Hi Dave,

 DD> Errrrrmmmmm .... look in the rear-vision mirror. We used to have paper
 DD> bags, paper straws, cardboard or chipboard boxes, etc. We need go
 DD> back, not forward.

 RH> Either that, or put it all on a plate if you're eating in. No need to
 RH> wrap burger and fries separatly.

 DD> Fats Food joints (the biggest offenmder) do not offer plates nor
 DD> silver ware. Styro boxes and plastic sporks and knives - at best.

I know, it's a thought but will probably never happen.


 DD> On of my regular breakfast/lunch spots (Brunchfield Cafe) uses a paper
 DD> based clamshell "go box" that I thought was styrofoam when I first met
 DD> it. It seems to be paper mache' or something very like it. Kudos to
 DD> Chef/ Owner Howard Seidel. https://brunchfield.com

 RH> There is a corn based (form of corn starch) styrofoam now that breaks
 RH> down fairly rapidly as I understand. If I remember reading rightly,
 RH> it's a lot more environmentally friendly than even paper in its break
 RH> down.

 DD>  have a bag of biodegradable packing peanuts in the corner of the
 DD> room.  They're left over from when I shipped one of my surplus
 DD> confusers to
 DD>  our esteemed moderator.

We tend to accumulate those--and bubble wrap, then purge the supply
every so often. Packing pillows are usually popped (G), then the plastic
goes into the trash can.


 DD> Rosh Hashanah begins on 25 September. Happy New Year!


Mazel tov!

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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.... Junk: stuff we throw away.  Stuff: junk we keep.

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