ready to-go
i’m excited to get a to-go ware bamboo utensil set to carry around in my purse, as while i try to keep at least a spoon in there for the occasions of eating food on the go, i admit i often forget to put it back in after washing. sure, keeping a ziplock bag with a regular metal fork and spoon in it functions just as well, and i generally like to avoid “eco-consumerism” (buying some new “eco” thing to replace something you already have, which generally defeats the purpose in terms of conservation), but these are things i would use a lot, and purchasing these sets also supports workers and humanitarian in other parts of the world. i’m going to get the black one (with the action pack, which is great because i’m always scrounging for food containers), the cover made by a women’s cooperative on the Thai-Burma border, a region suffering from ongoing war and strife that escalated last year. i also like the newsprint one, which supports CONSERVE, an NGO project in Delhi. “It is made entirely of recycled plastic! CONSERVE employs ragpickers to collect discarded plastic bags and repurposes them into incredible designs and products.”
btw, you don’t have to order them online and have them shipped, as they are sold at numerous retailers (including Whole Foods), including many near me in berkeley, so i’m also going to go support a local retailer to get mine.
i might also have to get myself a hand blown glass straw to put in my utensil set, as i always cringe when i find myself needing a plastic straw.
many thx to fake plastic fish for the links!
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While I do carry my own utensils with me as well, the glass straw, while neat, wouldn’t last very long given my lifestyle and how much my stuff gets thrashed. And the thought of picking glass shards out of my backpack is, umm, not appealing! But I’ll check out the bamboo utensil sets the next time I’m near a Whole Foods.
@Erik
I’ll bet the straw would not break. The manufacturer says that it is made from the strongest glass available and is guaranteed against breakage. In fact, they ship them in a simple cardboard box with ZERO padding to protect them, and they don’t break!
Beth
http://www.fakeplasticfish.com
i just got the glass straw in the mail today, and it’s pretty damned solid. it’s not thin glass and the walls of it are much thicker than a plastic straw (which might feel odd drinking with it the first few times). you’d have to really do something to this to break it.
both these products are super neat, i might have to get a utensil set too!