Comments on: Get the Fork Out of Your Takeout http://plasticless.com/2009/02/15/get-the-fork-out-of-your-takeout/ Tips and strategies to help the environment by cutting back on plastic in our everyday lives. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:05:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Martin http://plasticless.com/2009/02/15/get-the-fork-out-of-your-takeout/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Martin Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:46:27 +0000 http://plasticless.com/?p=350#comment-982 Miche, it's great that you ask the customer before giving them the extras. There is a cultural thing here that is almost like a plastic bag is a gift from the proprietor to the customer. I have to be pretty adamant the first few times before each guy begins to understand my particular brand of crazy foreignerness. Miche, it’s great that you ask the customer before giving them the extras.

There is a cultural thing here that is almost like a plastic bag is a gift from the proprietor to the customer. I have to be pretty adamant the first few times before each guy begins to understand my particular brand of crazy foreignerness.

]]> By: miche http://plasticless.com/2009/02/15/get-the-fork-out-of-your-takeout/comment-page-1/#comment-979 miche Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:33:38 +0000 http://plasticless.com/?p=350#comment-979 i work at a bakery/cafe with do lunch and sandwich. its a small business in a place that isnt especially supportive of mom and pop shops. we arent the most eco-friendly i will admit. paper goods, and eco friendly things are too expensive for us to get and still survive as a business. things like that are lot easier is bigger cities, such as new york. any suggestions? note on the fork: i always ask the customer if the need things like forks, receipts, and bags (things other places just shove at you without question)etc... so they are more aware, and im not wasting plastic or money to us. i work at a bakery/cafe with do lunch and sandwich.
its a small business in a place that isnt especially supportive of mom and pop shops. we arent the most eco-friendly i will admit. paper goods, and eco friendly things are too expensive for us to get and still survive as a business. things like that are lot easier is bigger cities, such as new york. any suggestions?

note on the fork: i always ask the customer if the need things like forks, receipts, and bags (things other places just shove at you without question)etc… so they are more aware, and im not wasting plastic or money to us.

]]> By: max http://plasticless.com/2009/02/15/get-the-fork-out-of-your-takeout/comment-page-1/#comment-958 max Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:46:15 +0000 http://plasticless.com/?p=350#comment-958 Plastic bottles are a growing problem in our landfills and oceans. We felt that something needed to be done……and now. We felt that plastics made from crops that could be producing food, wasn’t the answer. Many reports indicate that in addition to causing our food process to rise, the equipment and chemicals used to produce food based bio-fuel may be increasing pollution. We knew that there wasn’t going to be one “fix it all” answer and began to wonder if anything was ever going to be done. The problem was growing every day, more bottles were being manufactured and more bottles were accumulating in places where we didn’t need them. We were wondering if “Earth Friendly Bottles” would ever be available? That’s why we decided to do our part and started ENSO Bottles. We are partnering with other companies to offer a PET plastic bottle that will biodegrade, compost or recycle. Our bottles can be produced in a clear or colored version, however, clear version isn't quite as clear as current PET plastic bottles but then again that's one way to identify our earth friendly bottle. ENSO is trying to achieve sustainability with our plastic bottles. Our goal is to make bottles that won’t have the adverse impact on our environment and are made from non food bio-fuels. We haven't started making them from bio-fuel but that’s high on our agenda and hopefully will be something we can offer in the future. But for now, we offer a plastic bottle that is earth friendly...it’s just one step but if we all take just one step toward improving our planet….we will make a difference. Plastic bottles are a growing problem in our landfills and oceans. We felt that something needed to be done……and now.

We felt that plastics made from crops that could be producing food, wasn’t the answer. Many reports indicate that in addition to causing our food process to rise, the equipment and chemicals used to produce food based bio-fuel may be increasing pollution.

We knew that there wasn’t going to be one “fix it all” answer and began to wonder if anything was ever going to be done. The problem was growing every day, more bottles were being manufactured and more bottles were accumulating in places where we didn’t need them.

We were wondering if “Earth Friendly Bottles” would ever be available?

That’s why we decided to do our part and started ENSO Bottles. We are partnering with other companies to offer a PET plastic bottle that will biodegrade, compost or recycle.

Our bottles can be produced in a clear or colored version, however, clear version isn’t quite as clear as current PET plastic bottles but then again that’s one way to identify our earth friendly bottle.

ENSO is trying to achieve sustainability with our plastic bottles. Our goal is to make bottles that won’t have the adverse impact on our environment and are made from non food bio-fuels.

We haven’t started making them from bio-fuel but that’s high on our agenda and hopefully will be something we can offer in the future.

But for now, we offer a plastic bottle that is earth friendly…it’s just one step but if we all take just one step toward improving our planet….we will make a difference.

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