While we’re all about cooking around here, there are times when that’s just not an option. Maybe you had to work late or things were a bit too crazy for you to pre-cook meals for the week last weekend. Maybe you just want a night where you treat yourself. Whatever the reason, sometimes take out is just what’s on the menu.
The problem with take out meals is that you get a healthy serving of waste along with your dinner. From Styrofoam containers and paper napkins to sauce packets and plastic utensils, one take out meal for a family can produce a whole lot of trash.
Next time you’re considering take out, a little planning can help reduce the waste associated with your meal.
>>Next: Bring your own container
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Monica
Recently a group called Takeout Without started up, to help reduce waste in from restaurants:
http://takeoutwithout.com/
Becky Striepe
This is excellent, Monica! Thank you for sharing the link.
Dinah
Take-out waste bothers me and I bring containers often to be told they can’t because of health code laws or some such thing. Guess I should look into whether there really is a law here (MI) prohibiting that, or the individual restaurant’s choice. Find a few that will sometimes, but usually not. Great to see this topic being discussed!
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