Rave: Paper Plates

[Bo Hart]

Screw doing dishes.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Screw doing dishes.

...and the environment

[JCShutout]

Screw doing dishes.

Disagree.

[G. Keenan]

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[ghostrunner]

What about the excess water and energy (for hot water) used to wash the regular dishes, vs a recyclable plate?

Seriously, I have no idea how this equation works out.


Hmm. I guess you'd still have to wash the food off the paper plate. And then you have the process of making them. Okay - ceramic wins, I suppose.

[JCShutout]

What about the excess water and energy (for hot water) used to wash the regular dishes, vs a recyclable plate?

Seriously, I have no idea how this equation works out.


Hmm. I guess you'd still have to wash the food off the paper plate.

I'm pretty sure paper is like the worst thing to recycle. Glass, plastic and metal, okay, but paper adds pollution and isn't economical... that is, IIRC /too lazy to look stuff up right now

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Metal, namely Aluminum, is the only money making process in a recycling plant, iirc. They make thier money off AL and use it to process everything else.

[ghostrunner]

About that though, can't you argue that at least paper comes from renewable sources? Seems like the ingredients for the other materials have to be mined or drilled, and that's a relatively permanent effect on the planet. Modern plastic comes from processing petroleum, I think. Metal has to be mined and processed using a great amount of energy.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

About that though, can't you argue that at least paper comes from renewable sources? Seems like the ingredients for the other materials have to be mined or drilled, and that's a relatively permanent effect on the planet. Modern plastic comes from processing petroleum, I think. Metal has to be mined and processed using a great amount of energy.

I don't know. If you want to argue with the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle motto, go for it

[obucard]

They need to make paper out of hemp again.